France - Cambremer, Les Jardins du Pays d’Auge

Les Jardins du Pays d’Auge (The Gardens of the Pays d’Auge) is one of the most beautiful gardens in France; they are classified as “Jardin Remarquable”.

The gardens are dating back to the year of 1994, when the owners bought a 3ha field next to their renovated farmstead. The project was very challenging since the abandoned field was covered in brambles, without a single tree or building. A landscape architect was called in to design the garden. The next three years the gardens and their Normandy-style buildings were constructed.

Nowadays the Gardens of the Pays d’Auge offer a series of beautiful themed gardens; like the Sun Garden, Moon Garden, Garden of Scents, Purple Garden and Garden of Angels. Throughout the gardens there are several half-timber buildings,which have been rescued by the owners from various stages of dereliction and moved to the gardens to be restored. One of them houses a small museum.