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Courson, forerunner of horticultural trends Courson’s Plant Days are an event open to the general public that has been held for over 25 years in the prestigious setting of the Domaine de Courson just 30 km from Paris. Over three days (Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday), twice a year, in spring and autumn, exhibitors from all branches of horticulture, as well as from crafts and arts connected with gardens and gardening, present their traditional savoir-faire and their latest products.
Tradition at Saint-Jean de Beauregard The Perennial Plant Fair at Saint-Jean de Beauregard offers an excellent opportunity to increase one’s familiarity with plants. To encourage nurserymen and growers in their creativity and their search for rare or little-known plants and to help them promote and distribute them, trophies are awarded each year in a range of different plant categories by an international panel of judges.
"Jardins secrets, Secrets de jardins", a celebration of gardens Every year since 2003, on the first weekend in June the Culture Ministry organises all over France events called “Rendez-vous aux Jardins”, with the aim of familiarising the public with the heritage of French gardens and encouraging people to visit small and large gardens alike.
The Jean-Baptiste Salis Flying Museum In 1909 Louis Blériot flew over the Channel. Three years later, Jean-Baptiste Salis then aged 16, took off in the "Libellule" (Dragonfly) which he himself had restored and flew into the pages of history as the first person to fly over Mont Blanc.