Renaissance

The garden designed by Michel Davo is the fruit of varied reflections about the Provencal countryside and forest fires, and analyses how vegetation reconquers land laid bare by fire. This led to the concept of "renaissance' (new birth), evoking the extraordinary energy in nature which recolonises the earth after each cataclysm.

To illustrate this force, a scenario has been constructed around an area of virgin land, free of vegetation and protected from human presence. The visitor looks into the future: with the passage of time, you can watch the germination of seeds carried by the wind and the birds.

The spectator can also become a player by throwing a few seeds.
The geometrical shapes chosen recall the words of Paul Cézanne:
"represent nature by cylinders, cones and spheres".

Totems

A little way away, half hidden among the trees of the garden, are the driftwood totems of sculptor Olivier Beaudoin.