Potager des Princes

In the heart of Chantilly, in a 3-hectare historic park classified as a Remarkable Garden, the Potager des Princes consists of a flower-filled kitchen garden and a symphony of 25 different gardens. It's also a wildlife park, a real paradise for families!
A collection of parakeets, pheasants, peacocks and dwarf hens populate the living museum of the barnyard, as well as dwarf goats and sheep.

The Potager des Princes is also home to a Japanese kitchen garden that is unique in France! This newly-created Japanese garden is the most diverse in France in terms of the species of Japanese plants and trees present in a single location. The garden and vegetable patch cover more than a hectare of land, centred around a pond crossed by a traditional Japanese bridge. Nearly 450 species of Japanese perennials have been planted, as well as more than 720 shrubs, making a total of more than 1,000 new plantings.
During the walk, visitors can stroll along slate 'Japanese steps' on the edge of a waterfall, admire a Japanese farmyard, cross a bamboo labyrinth, contemplate a Zen garden (often found at the heart of Zen temples, made up of rocks and wave patterns created with a rake on the sand) and above all discover France's first Japanese vegetable garden with 20 symbolic plants.

The programme of events will vary from day to day:
Rabbit race, the fun conference "The gardener talks to children" and the show "Les fables du Potager".

-La Scène au Jardin" theatre festival from August to September.
-All Saints' Day holidays: entrance to the park + activities with the animals + Halloween activities, witch hunt.
-Christmas holidays: entrance to the park + Guignol show by a professional puppeteer.
-February holidays: park admission + show.
-Spring holidays: entrance to the park + activities with the animals + children's springtime.

• Specific thematic animation
• Children's workshops
• Walks

Equipment

• Bathroom

Services

• Shop
• Games area

Means of payment

• Bank card
• Bank checks
• Holiday vouchers
• Cash

Information medium

Demonstration

Visit booklet

Interactive terminals