Cut off from time and far from the urban hustle and bustle, the Domaine de Péré, 30 minutes from Niort and 45 minutes from La Rochelle, welcomes you in a bucolic and charming setting for Plant and Garden Festival.
The dates
- June 8 and 9, 2024
The Plant and Garden Festival in Prissé-la-Charriere
Enhance your garden
Discover the botanical creations of renowned nurserymen and horticulturists from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and even England. A significant plant diversity awaits you! You will find numerous collections to complete your garden, your veranda or your balcony: fruit trees, citrus fruits, rose bushes, hydrangea, grasses, cacti, epiphytic and carnivorous plants, aromatic, vegetable or medicinal plants... Let their hands advise you experts!
You will also discover products from quality craftsmanship that respect the Earth : food products, care and well-being products, ecological household products, basketry, gardener's tools (handmade), garden decoration (ironwork, lighting, furniture, ceramics) and so many other things await you.
Art is also there (jewelry, paintings, sculptures, strolling music), let yourself be surprised!
Two annual meetings
The Plant and Garden Festival takes place every year the 2nd weekend of June and the 3rd weekend of October. Two seasons, each with its own particularities for plants and their cultivation.
The Péré estate
Since the 18th century, ten generations of Bastard of Crisnay follow one another on the estate. The current castle was built at the beginning of the 19th century by Marie-Louise Aymé de la Chevrelière, daughter-in-law of Louis-Isaac Bastard de Crisnay: a typical example of the large country residences of the Ancien Régime and the Empire, in Bas-Poitou and Vendée. Architecturally simple, the house, flanked by two wings, stands out against a backdrop of greenery. It is preceded by a pavilion in the shape of a dovecote perched on a mound surrounded by a moat with a waterfall. Its chapel is built on the site of an annex of the old castle of which only two turrets remain. The 20 hectare wooded pleasure park extends with 100 hectares of agricultural land. It is adorned, on the edge of a pond, with a factory in the shape of an isba (wooden dwelling of Russian peasants) and two plane trees three centuries old, 50 meters high, classified as “remarkable trees” in 2018.
Over 100 exhibitors
Like every year, the Domaine de Péré plant and garden festival will welcome more than 100 exhibitors, from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m.
Price
- Entrance: 7 €
- Reduced rate: €1 for job seekers and students
- Free for children under 16
Permanent restoration
Food trucks, vegan catering, organic products… There’s something for everyone!
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