Gardens Festival 2026 at Parc de Bercy: vegetable plots, seeds and family workshops

The Garden Festival returns to Paris on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27, 2026 for two days of encounters and activities centered on Nature. Parks, squares, gardens and other green spaces warmly welcome visitors for free, with one goal in mind: to reveal the behind-the-scenes of Paris’s green spaces and the expertise of those who tend them.

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Gardening workshops, repotting, plant identification, seed-related activities, guided tours and games allow a quick move from theory to practice. A program that lends itself particularly well to outings with children: you observe, you touch, you plant and you often leave with ideas you can try at home, even if you don't have a big garden.

The Garden Festival also offers a chance to talk about biodiversity, composting, organic-waste management and urban gardening. Activities vary by site and its unique features. It’s a reminder that Parisian nature isn’t limited to vast lawns: vegetable plots, ponds, trees, hedges and small cultivated patches all serve as entry points to understanding life.

In the 12th arrondissement, the House of Gardening and Composting is located right inside the Parc de Bercy. The venue is dedicated to urban gardening and offers, notably, a pedagogical vegetable garden, city-friendly practices, and various ways of gardening through the seasons.

For Garden Festival, you’ll learn to spot unusual plants, use your five senses to explore seeds, and adopt the right practices in the allotment. On Saturday, the lineup also puts urban composting in the spotlight. A two-hour stroll through the vegetable garden wraps up the day, with a fresh angle on plants and their uses for wellbeing.

The Garden Festival program at the House of Gardening and Composting

Workshops and activities

An introduction to urban composting with DM Compost

• Only on Saturday, September 26

• From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Exploring the park's unusual plants and its vegetable garden

• From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• Up to 20 participants

Seed Library

• Exploring seeds with the five senses

• A hands-on workshop on vegetable-gardening techniques
• Seasonal gardening tips

Guided tour

A stroll through the Bercy vegetable garden: well-being and the discovery of the hidden benefits of plants

• From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• Up to 20 participants

• Registration required via Que faire à Paris

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