GARDENS OF HAUTE TERRE, NATURAL PARK L'HERMITAGE
Patrimoine du Vivant, the garden of the senses and silence dominates the Dordogne Valley in Saint-André-d'Allas and is a must-see!
This living heritage, a rich and fragile biotope, is located on a promontory of nearly 300 m, which has revealed a prehistoric occupation. This garden of the four seasons extends over 4 hectares overlooking the Dordogne Valley. It is a garden of the senses and of silence, all in colorful touches that we owe to its designer, Claude-Marie Villeneuve Dellac, and her husband, Serge-Yvon, for more than 20 years. It is for them also the story of a life, of a family. As we go through the seasons, spring, with all its greens, explodes with flowers and grasses. Summer spreads out with beautiful variations of lightings, in starry nights. Autumn welcomes legions of mushrooms and unfolds its illuminated and golden colors. We marvel at the superb mists of the mornings asleep on the Dordogne: with a little luck, we can even hear the stags bellowing. The winter puts everything to sleep, in a frosty and magical coat. Plants from here and elsewhere are an excellent pretext to approach ethnobotany, to understand its social role. A calendar of events, activities and festivals is available on the Internet. Between sunny alleys and shaded paths in the undergrowth, this quiet place can be discovered in 2 hours and can be visited by appointment. But if you have the opportunity to talk with Claude-Marie, a passionate, you will not forget your visit. Open for Rendez-vous au Jardin in June and Heritage Days in September.
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