Gardens Festival 2026 in the 19th arrondissement: workshops and activities in the new Îlot Riquet garden

The Fête des Jardins returns to Paris on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27, 2026, inviting readers to discover a new facet of the capital’s green spaces. All weekend long, gardeners and various urban-nature practitioners will meet the public in Paris’s parks, squares, gardens and woods.

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For families, the event offers plenty of hands-on opportunities to get involved. Repotting, plant-based crafts, sensory games, artistic activities, or exploring the local wildlife: the activities invite children to engage with nature through observation and experimentation. Programs vary by garden and its unique characteristics.

These two days also offer a window into how Paris's green spaces are imagined and cared for. Professionals showcase their trades, techniques, and some lesser-known practices. Associations and community gardens join the event across several neighborhoods, offering a snapshot of local initiatives that nurture plants and collective projects right on your doorstep.

In the 19e arrondissement, the Fête des Jardins sets up shop at the jardin de l’Îlot Riquet. Nestled at the base of the architectural complex of the Orgues de Flandre, this green space has just been redesigned by the City of Paris’s landscape architects, in consultation with local residents.

To discover it, the program is particularly dense: bunches of dried flowers, painting on leaves, footprints and repotting sit alongside olfactory games and exhibitions on local fauna and flora. Visitors can also discover the rustication and metalworking, meet the people behind the 19th-century community gardens, or try a Memory game dedicated to the vines of the Butte Bergeyre.

The Gardens Festival program at the Îlot Riquet garden

Activities and workshops

Repotting Plants

• Crafting dried-flower bouquets

• Creating footprints

• Painting on tree leaves

• Exploring the craft of rusticage and metalworking

• Overview of the 19th arrondissement's shared gardens

Games

• Wheel of the Bad Seed

• Scent Game

• Discovering plants through their scent

• Hopscotch around the rules governing parks and gardens

• The Goose Game "Stop Incivility"

• Memories of the Bergeyre Hill vineyards

Exhibitions

• Photos of the fauna and flora of the 19th arrondissement

• Plant Evolution

Association booths

Welcome desk at the 19th arrondissement Town Hall

• Overview of the activities of the Jardizneuf collective

• Collective open to all members of the 19th arrondissement's community gardens

• Overview of the Neighborhood Management Office of the 19th arrondissement

A lovely Garden Festival in the 19th arrondissement!

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