Gardens Festival 2026 at Villemin Garden: workshops, mini-gardens and family games

The Garden Festival returns to Paris on Saturday, September 26, and Sunday, September 27, 2026 for a weekend devoted to urban nature. In the city’s various districts, parks, squares and gardens open their doors to the public for free, hosting workshops and activities that offer a fresh perspective on the green spaces we often only pass through all year round.

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The appointment mainly offers a chance to meet the City of Paris’s gardeners, arborists and other professionals working in the capital’s green spaces. Horticultural tips, repotting, plant identification, tours, demonstrations or hands-on activities help visitors understand their work and pick up a few tricks for their own plantings. For children, learning often comes through play, with activities that engage the sense of touch, smell and observation.

The event also shines a light on the capital's botanical heritage and biodiversity. Each garden tailors its program to its own characteristics, offering options accessible to both beginner gardeners and casual visitors. A weekend stroll can become a small, family-friendly botanical adventure.

In the 10e arrondissement, gardeners meet at the jardin Villemin – Mahsa Jîna Amini, just steps from the Canal Saint-Martin. Long before it became the green space we know today, the site housed the Récollets Monastery, then a military hospital. The garden now serves as one of the main breathing spaces in this particularly lively stretch of the 10th.

For Garden Festival, families can, in particular, create their own your own miniature garden, repot plants, or craft origami-style pots. Several games also invite participants to engage their senses: spotting plants by their scent, identifying garden materials by touch, or setting off to discover the different tree species found in the park.

The Villemin garden, a bucolic park on the banks of the Canal Saint-Martin
Right next to the Canal Saint-Martin, in the 10th arrondissement, is the Jardin Villemin, a pretty, tree-lined spot with sports fields and playground. [Read more]

The 2026 Gardens Festival program at Villemin Garden — Mahsa Jîna Amini:

Activities and workshops

• Creation of a miniature garden, with prior registration at the information desk
• Gardening tips
• Plant repotting
• Crafting folded pots
• Presentation of floral decorations and the competition
• Information on the duties and recruitment of reception and surveillance agents
• Presentation of the duties and recruitment of municipal police officers

Games and Discoveries

• Nature trail scavenger hunt to learn how to identify the trees in the garden
• Tactile recognition of different materials used in the garden
• Identifying fragrant plants
• Hopscotch about the rules of parks and gardens
• The Game of the Goose “Stop Incivilities”

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