For the 2026 Rendez-vous aux Jardins, explore a medieval estate’s kitchen garden in Île-de-France

Every year, the Rendez-vous aux Jardins invites the public to explore parks, gardens, allotments and landscaped spaces that are sometimes little known. This national event shines a light on the diversity of gardens—and on the people who tend them, pass them on and help them evolve: gardeners, landscape designers, owners, associations or heritage mediators. In 2026, the event will take place over the weekend of 5 to 7 June, with numerous offerings in Paris and Île-de-France for those who want to deepen their knowledge of the region’s plant heritage.

In Savigny-le-Temple, in Seine-et-Marne, the Domaine de la Grange-la-Prévôté stands among those places where history and scenery speak to each other. Its origins go back to the 14th century: in 1366, the lands were said to be administered by Jehan de Melun, the prévôt, hence the name of the “Prévôté.” The site was once occupied by a fortified castle, some of its moats are still visible today. These traces recall the estate’s medieval roots, before it was reshaped through the centuries.

The site today comprises a château, outbuildings, a landscaped park and a historic kitchen garden, rehabilitated on the site of the estate’s former vegetable garden. Spanning roughly 1.5 hectares, this garden showcases the cultivated biodiversity of Île-de-France. For visitors curious about botany, cultivated plants, or the history of edible gardens, it offers a tangible entry point into the uses of the kitchen garden, regional varieties, and how an agricultural space can become a place of transmission.

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The parc du Domaine de la Grange-la-Prévôté also features several landscape atmospheres. Here you’ll find a design shaped by a French-style perspective, alongside more informal elements associated with the English garden, such as a grotto, a pond, or a cascade. This diversity helps explain how historic estates often evolved by integrating different landscape fashions, depending on the era and the intended uses.

The 2025 Rendez-Vous aux Jardins program at Domaine de la Grange la Prévôté

• Discovery tour of the vegetable garden at the Domaine de la Grange-la-Prévôté
  Friday 5 June 2026 — 15:00 ⤏ 17:30 | Saturday 6 June 2026 — 15:00 ⤏ 17:30 | Sunday 7 June 2026 — 15:00 ⤏ 17:30
  

  A look at the kitchen garden and its activities.

  
  
  

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