Gardens conceived(designed) in 2010 by the landscapist Philippe Dubreuil around a set(group) typically percheron in the course of restoration(catering), established(constituted) by a manor of XVÈ-XVIÈ century, by its long house, its manorial barn, stables and pigsties, bakehouse, oven with hemp and covered well. This garden articulates(is expressed) according to buildings(ships) and to their uses(practices), vegetable garden and protective orchard of apple trees old(former) percherons with cider and with knife near the common(shared), garden of simple medieval near the manor, embroidery of osmanthes and of grasses, collection of Cherry trees of ornament, of Oaks, of Lindens, of Hawthorns, of peonies, of hydrangeas. Rose garden of more than 300 varieties of old(former) roses. Path of Elms, ponds of kitchen garden, of ornament, rill and waterfall(stunt). Conservatory with collection of cacti and of citrus fruits. Surrounded with fields and lined with a river and with wood, the garden resumes(takes back) themes and main lines of the history(story) of gardens. The heart is compound(made up) of a source(spring) dividing into four arms such the garden of paradise and its four rivers, it is surrounded with arbours resuming(taking back) the plan of the medieval garden. A walk on different levels articulates(is expressed) around the definite(formal) garden as though we were in a cloister. A rose garden with its pergolas punctuates this initiatory route(course). A big(great) axis is west structure the garden, as a vertebral column, leading to the entry porch and at the source of life. Rooms(Chambers) of greeneries frame(supervise) this axis with collections of peonies, of heuchères, of viburnums, of hydrangéas. A vegetable garden contains in its low walls, the forgotten vegetables and flowers to be cut, a joined conservatory allows to store citrus fruits and cactuses. An orchard compound(made up) of fruiterers in palmettes and cords supplements this kitchen garden. A protective orchard of old(former) varieties of apples with cider and with knives of the Perche(Perch) and of Normandy comes decorate the garden. A secret garden shelters a collection of hellebores, of peonies and of Magnolias, two old(former) statues stay up the peace of the place. Italian-style terraces are going to supplement this bucolic set(group). This garden sees year after year its apparaitre morphology and its outlines increasing.
Access
7,5€, free at least of 12 years, opened in June in July aout and in September Saturdays and Sundays from 14 h till 18 h. Since the secondary road D955 between Mamers and Bellême direction(management) Chemilli
Website
http://www.lesjardinsdumontperthuis.com
Phone
06 85 30 30 81

Address
Manoir de la Pillardière, 61360 Chemilli, Orne, Normandie, France