The Rendez-vous aux jardins are blooming again in Paris and Île-de-France for the weekend of June 5–7, 2026. Families, curious visitors and botany enthusiasts can use this cultural, bucolic gathering to rediscover private as well as public green spaces across the Paris region through a program of special activities, often free.
In Argenteuil, the Municipal Horticultural Center invites you this weekend to greet the start of summer. The town carries a long history of hillside crops—vineyards, figs, asparagus—that continues to shape its identity, even before its urban and industrial expansion. In the 18th century, Argenteuil was known for its vineyards, touted by the city as among the region’s most productive per hectare.
The Horticultural Centre continues today to deepen its link with the plant world. Argenteuil is among the Île-de-France towns that still operate a municipal horticultural centre, whose duties include growing a portion of the plants used in the municipality’s green spaces. The site also hosts educational gardens, designed to raise awareness in both children and adults about plants, the seasons, gardening practices, and biodiversity.
The site also houses municipal greenhouses, an educational garden, and an apiary established in 2013. These elements make the area a technical, living, and accessible space where visitors can better understand the behind-the-scenes work that keeps the city blooming, maintains the plantings, and preserves a green urban landscape.
A curated look at contemporary art installations by four artists from Ateliers du 5. Their works, engaging with the Florilèges themes, invite a thoughtful, artistic gaze at nature and its transformations.
Luu Van Tâm, Laura Lago, Muriel Gani and Marie Rose Alonso.
Step into a genuine mini-farm and meet the animals up close! Under the guidance of a farmer, children can pet, observe and discover goats, lambs, and piglets. Playful, interactive moments punctuate the day: kids become apprentice farmers, help with milking, and bottle-feed the animals. An immersive, heartwarming experience for both little ones and grown-ups.
Discover the art of cuttings and learn to multiply plants in a simple, natural way. Guided by plant professionals, children and adults alike will master the essential steps to take cuttings, plant them, and nurture a new shoot. A playful, accessible workshop you can leave with your own cutting and practical tips for caring for it at home.
Kids and adults are invited to decorate birdhouses and insect hotels with color and creativity. A playful moment to envision charming refuges for birds and tiny creatures, while learning about their vital role in biodiversity.
This hands-on workshop gets kids and adults alike thinking about cutting food waste by crafting smoothies from unsold or slightly bruised fruit. Foot on the pedal of a bike-powered blender, everyone generates the energy needed to blend a cool, tasty drink. A lively, eco-friendly, feel-good experience!
Discover linocut through an activity that’s accessible to everyone! On recycled surfaces, learn this original printing technique and create unique visuals. A creative experience where each participant leaves with their own piece—100% handmade and zero waste.
Dive into cyanotype, an ancient photographic technique famed for its distinctive blue hues. After prepping photosensitive paper, participants arrange floral designs and expose them to UV light to reveal the image. Everyone leaves with their own creation.
« The Beet » is the story of a grandfather who loves to garden. One day he plants a beet seed his neighbor gave him. To his great surprise, after just a few days the beet had grown so large that its leaves tower over his head. He'd never seen anything like it! So he rolls up his sleeves and sets out to pull that enormous beet. But the beet simply won't budge…
Dive into the world of thread arts, echoing Argenteuil’s textile heritage. This workshop offers a playful introduction to embroidery, open to all: children and adults alike can decorate postcards using pre-punched templates.
Let yourself be inspired by Monet's gardens and the art of landscape painting. Using reproductions of his works, participants craft their own botanical composition in the shape of a medallion. Moss, grasses, tiny plants, and dried flowers become the elements of a living tableau to assemble with care. Each person walks away with their own botanical frame, a poetic fusion of art and nature.
This workshop invites participants to discover how plants and minerals transform into charcoal and paint. After this exploration, it's time to create: participants will test their own materials during a drawing session, for a creative and sensory experience.
This quiz is designed as a playful way to learn the city's history and heritage. Questions tailored for adults and for children are asked to participants in the style of the famous game “Questions pour un Champion.” Each correct answer is signified by a mushroom. The first team to reach four mushrooms wins the game.
Comfortably lounging in sun chairs, you’re invited to slip on a pair of headphones and let yourself be carried away by pure, gentle, relaxing musical poetry. From the voice at the mic, to the mic, to the headphones, from the headphones to the ears and straight into the brain. Real life fades away.
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Dates and Opening Time
On June 6, 2026
Location
Argenteuil Horticultural Centre
32 Boulevard de la Résistance
95100 Argenteuil
