There are 11 of them in Azay-le-Rideau…

Nestled in the hollow of a secret valley, the seven towers of the Renaissance Château de la Châtonnière are overlooked by 11 gardens and terraces.

The 11 Chatonnière gardens all have a different theme:

  • L’Abondance – vegetable plants
  • L’Intelligence – French garden
  • Elegance – garden adorned with statues
  • Sciences – aromatic and medicinal plants
  • Les Romances – multicolored roses
  • Les Luxuriances – another rose garden
  • Les Fragances – with a thousand fire-colored rosebushes
  • Le Silence – Grass squares with cypress trees
  • L’Invraissemblance – bouquet de fleurs diverses
  • Les Sens – 150 varieties of multicolored perennials
  • France – wild garden with poppies and cornflowers.