Menton, my city is a garden
In the19th century, botanists, mainly of English origin, created the “exceptional” gardens in Menton Benefiting from the sub-tropical microclimate, they introduced rare tropical species, which have flourished in the Menton soil. Guided tours of the exceptional gardens are organised by the heritage service to give the opportunity to the public to discover these incredible sites
Menton, “Fleur d’Or”
Menton
nourishes its privileged relation with nature through the importance it
has attached to flowers and the cultivation and presentation of the same.
Already the holder of the “Quatre Fleurs” title, awarded by the association
of Floral towns and villages at the end of 2008, the town was also awarded
the supreme “Fleur d’Or” 2008-2009 prize, meaning that it does not need
to compete for the next six years. The Lemon City is the only town in the
PACA region to have received such a reward for its urban layout. It is also
one of six towns in France whose work has been cited on a national level.
This distinction is a result of the savoir-faire of the Municipality of
Menton’s entire “parks and gardens” service who’s maintaining the 46 hectares
of parks.Menton, city of lemon
Once upon a time…
As legend has it, while fleeing from Paradise with Adam, Eve, took one
of the “Golden Fruits” with her. Adam, fearing Heavenley wroth, asked
her to trhow the lemon away. After climbing many a mountain and traversing
valleys and plains, they came across the Bay of Garavan. The beautiful
bay, mild climate and luxurious exotic plants evoked poignant memories
of the garden of Eden … Eve planted the lemon in the soil, and from this
– a little piece of Paradise, Menton was born.
Agenda - garden visits 
7 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone8 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone9 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone10 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone11 septembre 2010
• Menton, Journées Méditerranéennes du Jardin• Menton, excursion - voyage au coeur des jardins
• Menton, Pause Gourmande étoilée
• Menton, atelier petits chefs en herbe
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone
• Menton, Café patrimoine : Y a-t-il un paysage identitaire mentonnais ?
• Menton, Dîner de Fleurs
12 septembre 2010
• Menton, Journées Méditerranéennes du Jardin• Menton, Pause Gourmande étoilée
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone
13 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin du Val Rahmeh14 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone15 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone16 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone17 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone18 septembre 2010
• Menton, excursion - voyage au coeur des jardins• Menton, Pause Gourmande étoilée
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone
19 septembre 2010
• Menton, Pause Gourmande étoilée• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone
20 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin du Val Rahmeh21 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone22 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone23 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone24 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone25 septembre 2010
• Menton, excursion - voyage au coeur des jardins• Menton, Pause Gourmande étoilée
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone
26 septembre 2010
• Menton, Pause Gourmande étoilée• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone
28 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone29 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone30 septembre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone1er octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone2 octobre 2010
• Menton, Pause Gourmande étoilée• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone
3 octobre 2010
• Menton, Pause Gourmande étoilée• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone
5 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone6 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone7 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone8 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone9 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone10 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone12 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone13 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone14 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone15 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone16 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone17 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone19 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone20 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone21 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone22 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone23 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la Madone24 octobre 2010
• Menton, visite guidée du jardin Serre de la MadoneSerre de la Madone Garden - Menton French Riviera
Serre de la Madone, the plantsman’s dream
From 1924 onwards, Lawrence Johnston, an American born in Paris, began to create a winter garden in Menton, a place which would be both stylish and spectacular. There were to be double curving steps, fountains, pools, classical statuary, green garden (...)
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Val Rahmeh garden - Menton French Riviera
Mediterranean antenna of the National History Museum
The Botanical Gardens of the Val Rahmeh were created on several levels by Lord Percy Radcliffe, a former Governor of Malta, in 1905.
Here, in this incredible garden he collected "Labiacées" and "Solanacées" (from the datura family) and a (...)
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Maria Serena garden - Menton French Riviera
Right on the sea front, and the last house before the Italian border, the Maria Serena Villa and Gardens, attributed to Charles Garnier, was constructed around 1880 for the family of Ferdinand de Lesseps. The Coty president has stayed in the house. Today it is a guest villa for the city of (...)
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Fontana Rosa garden - Menton French Riviera
Created in the 20’s by the scriptwriter and novelist Blasco Ibañez, Fontana Rosa is a Valencia style garden of ceramics dedicated to the memory of important writers. This estate, which he bought in 1921 reminds him of Spain. His Spain, which was never far from his mind, with its gardens of vivid (...)
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Palais Carnolès Garden - Menton French Riviera
The Citrus Garden of the “Palais Carnolès”
Surrounding the once summer residence of the Princes of Monaco, the garden of the “Palais Carnolès” contain the largest citrus fruit collection in Europe.
The town’s Gardens Department wants to promote local botanical heritage, drawing special attention (...)
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Colombières garden - (private) Menton French Riviera
one of the most reputed Mediterranean gardens
Ferdinand Bac, painter and novelist, designed and built this estate on the top of Menton, in the site of Garavan for his friends the Ladan-Bockairy family between 1918 and 1927.
From the Maison, the stroller embarks in fact on a journey around (...)
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Clos du Peyronnet - (private) Menton French Riviera
This estate is the last garden of Menton that remains the property of the same family since 1915. The current owner, William Waterfield, specially interested in botany, collects tropical species, particularly bulb plants from South Africa.
The landscaping of the garden Clos du Peyronnet is (...)
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La Citronneraie Garden - (private) Menton French Riviera
La Citronneraie has essentially a productive area of olive and lemon trees but other citrus fruit is also grown including grapefruit, oranges, mandarins, clementines and pomelos. In addition there are about 20 varieties of hybrids such as the famous "cedrat" (Buddha’s hand), limes, citrange, (...)
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