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Get your fill of natureHead outdoors!

Getting out into the great outdoors

The area around Dieppe is like a condensed version of Normandy and is home to fantastic parks and gardens. Perched atop a cliff, Le Vasterival and the Shamrock Collection feature different plant worlds where the gardeners express themselves like true artists. A little farther inland, William Farcy Floral Park pays tribute to roses, whilst the vegetable garden at the Château de Miromesnil offers up an impressive spectacle of colours and fragrances. These four remarkable locations will enchant amateur botanists and novices alike, along gorgeous strolls imbued with poetry and a sense of escape.

Le VasterivalThe garden of the four seasons

Whether you come in the spring, summer, autumn or winter, you will undoubtedly be won over by the unique tableaux on display at Le Vasterival in Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer.

Vue d'en haut du jardin potager, rangée de légumes aux nuances vertes, mix border fleuris, épouvantail

Vegetable garden at MiromesnilA nourishing garden

A few kilometres from Dieppe, the Château de Miromesnil, guarded by an impressive 200-year-old cedar tree, reigns supreme in the middle of a property containing 3,000 trees, including a forest of very old beeches. In the garden adjacent to the château, regional vegetables, fruit trees and decorative flowers thrive in every season.

Famille de 5 personnes contemplant un massif d'hortensias bleu à la collection Shamrock

ShamrockA collection unlike any other

Here, hydrangeas are the star attraction! Over the course of 35 years, Corinne Mallet and her husband Robert have amassed a collection that is the only one of its kind in the world, in the fabulous garden they created in Varengeville-sur-Mer, near Dieppe.

Cadre bucolique et verdoyant. Banc devant une petite mare

William Farcy ParkA family-friendly park

Step inside this peaceful place where heirloom roses get top billing amongst the 2,500 varieties of plants. A splendid cart house reigns over this park, through which a relaxing stream flows…

Forget your everyday problems and just breathe, touch, feel and observe… Dive into nature in our coastal woods – listed Special Areas of Conservation – or in the National Forest of Arques.