La Pomme d'Ambre
Conservatory garden of the flora in littoral Provence

The gardener
Plants stories

Visit of the garden
Blooms of the month

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An intimate and personal garden

La pomme d'Ambre is located near Fréjus, in edge of the Roman road, the Via Aurélia. The inclined ground of some two thousand square meters was arranged in a series of small terraces supported by dry stone low walls.

Garden of grandmother where the children have fun in their wood brood hut under the large thorny acacia.

Garden of greediness with the fruits of Provence: medlars, figs, almonds, persimmons...

Conservatory garden with the cistus, the euphorbiums, the cane-apple bushes, the myrtes and the arborescent heathers of the maquis.

Garden of flowers where the "ancolie" and the "benoite" are neighbourly with the lily of the Madonna, and mossed and fragrant vintage roses are neighbourly with the ravenelle "giroflˇe".

Grass garden which intrigues with its curious plants, dishevelled, odorous or stinking whose Nicole will tell you the secret history.

Garden of aromatic plants "to spice up " the Proven¨al cooking with the sariette, the thyme, the sage, the rosemary, the basil, the fennel...

Garden of exchange and knowing divided makes friendly cuttings, seeds offered, revealed councils.

Garden of experimentation with the cuttings and many sowings which areheated under the greenhouse before going to take root in this garden or that of a friend...

Ecological garden which respects insects, mammals, birds, without any chemical treatment.

 

Visit of the garden

The garden opens only for the groups of garden lovers by appointment.
Minimum 8 people.
during of visit approximately 1h30
History of the plants of the Mediterranean, use and symbolic.
Description of the species by their Latin or vernacular name.
Tasting of an "home" oranges wine.

Participation 8€ by person
free for the guide