page_title: List of Remarkable Gardens of France
section_title: Indre-et-Loire
hierarchical_section_title: List of Remarkable Gardens of France / Gardens of the Centre-Val de Loire / Indre-et-Loire
caption_attribution_description: English: Castle Château du Rivau, France Français&#160;: Château du Rivau Українська: Замок Ріво, департамент Ендр і Луара, Франція This building is indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture,&#160;under the reference PA00097802 . беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| brezhoneg&#160;| català&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Ελληνικά&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| suomi&#160;| français&#160;| magyar&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| svenska&#160;| українська&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: The Remarkable Gardens of France is intended to be a list and description, by region, of the more than three hundred gardens classified as "Jardins remarquables" by the French Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France. The complete list of gardens can be found on: site of the Comité des Parcs et Jardins.
context_section_description: Azay-le-Rideau – The Gardens of la Chatonnière  are located three kilometers from the château of Azay-le-Rideau.  They were created beginning in 1993 around the restored medieval château de la Chatonnière by gardener Ahmed Azeroual, who was head gardener at the Château de Villandry for twenty years. They are composed of ten gardens, each with a different theme: Silence, the Senses, Fragrance, Intelligence, Elegance, Abundance, Water, Wonder, Luxuriance, and Romance.  Features include a pergola covered with roses, and an abundance of clematis and wisterias.
  Chenonceaux – Park and Gardens of the Château de Chenonceau.  The château has two carefully restored Renaissance gardens; that of Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566), which still has its original fountain, and that of Catherine de Médicis (1519–1589). It also possesses a circular maze one hectare in area, created with two thousand yew trees a meter and thirty centimeters high, with a gloriette in the middle, so those who reach the center can see the entire maze.
  Chançay – The Park and Gardens of the Château de Valmer belong to a domaine which produces the local Vouvray wine. The gardens, in the French and Italian style, feature a colorful mixture of fruit trees, vegetable gardens and floral displays, ornamented with balustrades and fountains and a labyrinth. From August to October visitors can find a garden filled with giant squash.  There is also an underground chapel dating from 1524 in the garden.
  (see photos)
  La Riche – The Gardens of the Priory of Saint-Cosme.
  Lémeré – The Gardens of the Château du Rivau surround a restored white stone castle built from the 13th century to the 15th century. They are composed of twelve different gardens, and feature a 16th-century fountain, modern sculpture, and a maze. Six thousand irises are in bloom in May, four hundred types of roses in June, and poppies and other flowers cover the fields around the château in summer.(see photos of the Gardens of Chateau Le Rivau)
  Tours – The Prébendes d'Oë is a municipal landscape park and arboretum in the city of Tours.  It was created by the Bühler brothers in 1874. It features a group of bald cypresses, statues, and a bandstand.
  Villandry – The gardens of the Château de Villandry.  One of the grandest and most-visited of French gardens.  The château was built in 1536 by Jean Le Breton, Minister of Finance of Francis I of France.  It was modified in the 18th century, then purchased in 1906 by Joachim Carvallo.  He and his descendants devoted their attention lavishly to the gardens over the last century.  The gardens are laid out on three terraces, and feature a water garden, an ornamental vegetable garden, and several salons of ornamental plants, as well as a maze and a forest.  Nine gardeners work full-time on the 1,200 linden trees, nine hectares of garden, and fiFty-two kilometers of hedges.
  (See photos)
caption: Château du Rivau
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