ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le potager The garden DESIGNERS The garden Despite appearances, this is not a kitchen garden. At first, visitors entering the garden might well believe that they were in a fanciful courtyard of stone. Steam rise...
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le pollen exubérant The garden designers The garden On the importance of pollen ... To imagine the future of gardens, we inevitably turn towards their past. Our crops, which not long ago were rich and varied, were rooted...
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le petit pays des larmes The garden DESIGNERS The garden Water, glistening on the leaves in the morning light, is precious. On a summer’s day, just one drop of morning dew trapped by a plant can help it survive through the ho... Festival International des Jardins
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le paysage microcosmique The garden DesignerS The garden “The original lawn, framed by the Idyl of the farmyard, was a space free of movement and complexity. As one approaches the courtyard, one does not notice the plants, th... Cour de la ferme
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le parfum du chaos magnifique The garden Designers The garden This garden can be explored through a choice of two sensory approaches. Visitors begin by contemplating this mauve scene studded at regular intervals with whitened rods...
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le parfum du blanc The garden Designers The garden Contemporary society subjects us to multicoloured stimulations on a daily basis. Television, images and advertising project an endless amount of colours difficult to es...
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le pardon de la nature The garden DESIGNERS The garden There is not just one single source of life, there are several. Physical sources such as the sun, the soil, air and water form a system of symbiotic connections between... Festival International des Jardins
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le nid à fleurs Ce jardin est dominé par un fort contraste qui dirige les pas du visiteur. Ce dernier emprunte une passerelle en spirale, qui traverse un désert minéral ponctué de cactées. Elle est une invitation à v...
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le mémorial de Tulse Luper The garden CONCEPTEUR The garden La vie de Tulse Luper, au cœur des projets cinématographiques actuels du réalisateur Peter Greenaway, est une fiction qui raconte les péripéties d’un homme et de ses p...
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le monte-en-l'air Le monte-en-l’air est un jardin sur le thème du vagabondage et de l’itinérance. Le jeu consiste à avancer au hasard et au gré des obstacles, dans la promenade mais aussi dans la compréhension du jardi...
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le lièvre et l’arbre à palabres The garden DESIGNERS Entretien The garden Renowned for its cunning and intelligence, the hare must find solutions to the problems of global warming. It must provide for the population's needs in terms...
ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Le livre de sable The garden DESIGNERS The garden “ He told me that his book is called the Book of Sand because neither the book nor sand possesses a beginning or an end.” Jorge Luis Borges, Fictions, The Book of Sand ...
