Gardening

Ready to uncover the science behind gardening?

Gardening — designing and cultivating a patch of nature — is a profoundly human activity. Whether we garden to relax, to contemplate, to grow food, or to share moments together, every gesture stems from observation, experimentation, and learning — often without fully understanding the living processes at play.

The exhibition Gardening invites visitors to reconnect with non-human life while exploring their own relationship with nature.

As our societies face unprecedented environmental, social, and health challenges, what does it mean to “garden” in the 21st century?

Explore the six garden-chapters, each reflecting a unique challenge of today’s world

Like a garden that gradually reveals itself as you wander through it, the exhibition unfolds step by step through six “garden-chapters,” each exploring a distinct ecosystem: the family allotment, the flower garden, the community garden, the healing garden, the spontaneous garden, and the adaptable garden.
Together, they reflect the diversity of contemporary gardening practices and the issues they embody.

Two types of plots to discover in each garden

• a sensory plot, where visitors experience the garden through perception and emotion;
• an experimental plot, offering scientific content and hands-on activities to better understand the impacts and benefits of gardening.

Three complementary approaches

• botany and microbiology,
• gardening practices,
• sociological reflections.

Together, they invite visitors to rediscover the garden as a place of science, sharing, and ecological awareness.