THE MONTHLY AGENDA FOR EYRIGNAC & ITS GARDENS
The gardens of Eyrignac being open to visitors all year round, there is always something happening: a demonstration, an exhibition, gardeners carrying out work, etc. Experience living heritage.
The gardens are open every day of the year, without exception.
Ticket office :
January 1st to March 31st : 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to dusk
April 1st to 30th : 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. non-stop
May 1st to September 30th : 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. non-stop
October 1st to 31st : 10am to 6pm
November 1st to December 31st : 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to dusk
From January 1st to December 31st
The "Côté Jardins" restaurant & tea room
Open from Easter to the end of the All Saints’ Day holidays
From March 31st
to November 3rd
Our 2025 events
[February vacations] Eyrignac celebrates soup, from the vegetable garden to the plate
Every day
- “Secrets of the Little Garden People | awakening of the vegetable garden” a fun, cooperative treasure hunt in the garden for the whole family
- “Marmiton vegetalized chef’s hat” creative workshop in the Orangery
- Soups and hot beverages
Every Tuesday, at 11 a.m.
Cooking demonstration and tasting : the authentic Eyrignac tourin
From February 8th
to March 9th
Pierre Treilhes exhibition - Coq Ô Mania
Every day
A new exhibition of sixty works by the artist from the Tarn region: a collection of roosters and fowl, birds and butterflies, of all sizes and made from recycled metal objects, to be discovered during your visit to the gardens.
From April 7th
to November 2nd
[Easter Weekend] Easter Treasures
A great treasure hunt in the gardens, with chocolate rewards for the children!
Sunday April 20th
and Monday 21st
Châteaux en Fête : Princesses Days
Two days of individual photo sessions in the gardens, orchestrated by a professional photographer.
Saturdays April 19th and 26th
Châteaux en Fête : Rendez-vous at the Manor
4 exceptional openings of Eyrignac Manor
Tuesdays, April 22nd and 29th, at 11 a.m.
Out of the ordinary visit at the manor, special Châteaux en Fête
Sundays, April 27th and May 4th, at 3 p.m.
Meeting with Patrick Sermadiras at Eyrignac manor
April 22nd, 27th, 29th and May 4th
World Topiary Days
Two days honoring the art of sculpting plants
- Meeting with Eyrignac’s gardeners at the Eyrignac topiary nursery
- Demonstrations of boxwood and yew pruning with hand shears
May 10th and 11th
Rendez-Vous in the Gardens
Secrets of maintaining a historical garden
- Meeting and discussions with Eyrignac’s gardeners
- Hand shear cutting demonstrations
- Equipment and material presentation
- Tips on lawn and boxwood care
Saturday, June 7th
and Sunday, June 8th
Garden Party
Grand dinner in the courtyard of the Manor, visit of the gardens at dusk and floral hat competition
Sunday, June 15th
White Picnics
Every Monday evening
Dance party, DJ, picnic, cocktail bar, ice cream bar, activities for children, fireworks
All-white dress code required
From July 7th to
August 25th,
every Monday evening
European Heritage Days
Exceptional opening of all Eyrignac alleys.
Sensory visit.
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September
All Saints' Holidays, the halloween challenge
Every day
- Halloween treasure hunt in the gardens for the whole family
- Creative workshop in the Orangery
From October 18th
to November 2nd
Christmas holidays, santa's elves at Eyrignac
Every day
- Big game “Zebulon’s challenge” a fun treasure hunt in the gardens for the whole family
- Creative workshop “vegetalized christmas lanterns” in the Orangery
- Gifts are placed by generous elves under the big tree in the manor courtyard
From December 20th
to january 04th
Gardeners work
January
- Restoration pruning
- Complete cleaning of gardens
- Sanding or gravelling of paths
- Maintenance of electric fence
- Cleaning of outdoor areas
- Planting trees, shrubs, etc
- Cleaning of buildings, workshops, etc
- Surrounding of suffering plants
- Removal of ivy from trees
February
- Trimming lawn edges
- Cypress pruning
- Pruning fruit trees
- Start shrub pruning
- Anti-germinative weeding of driveways
- Planting trees, shrubs, etc
- Surrounding of suffering plants
- Removal of ivy from trees
March
- Trimming lawn edges
- Sprout-control weeding of driveways
- Shrub pruning continued
- Organic and mineral fertilization of trees and shrubs
- Removal of terracotta vase protection
- Preventive boxwood treatment
- Organic SOL boxwood treatment
- Start mowing lawns
- Treatment against European moth (overwintering caterpillars)
- Trapping of Asian hornet and chestnut leafminer
- End of planting trees, shrubs, etc
- Surrounding of suffering plants
April
- Pruning Ivy on walls
- Preventive organic boxwood treatment
- Replenishment of watering networks
- Irrigation network maintenance
- Root fertilization of lawns
- Anti-germinative treatment of lawns against undesirable summer grasses
- Watering and organic and mineral fertilization of topiary vases
- Boxwood pruning
- Topiary pruning
- Shredding and outdoor brushcutting
- Mowing
- Various finishing touches
- Placing flower vases
- Repositioning garden furniture
- Driveway maintenance
- Watering
May
- Pruning Boxwoods, Hornbeams, Wall Trees, Apple Trees
- (Including 1st pruning in hornbeam alley)
- Topiary pruning
- Shredding and clearing outside brushwood
- Removal of spring bulbs
- Preparation of beds and summer planting
- Selective “spot” weeding of lawns
- Preventive organic boxwood treatment
- Pheromone traps for codling moths
- Organic treatment of plane trees
- Mowing
- Various finishing touches (manual weeding, weeding, wilted flowers, staking, ironing lawn edges, etc.)
- Watering
- Driveway maintenance
June
- Pruning Boxwood, Hornbeam, Yew
- Topiary pruning
- Full lawn fertilization
- Shredding and brushcutting outside
- Access undergrowth mulching and clearing
- Ironing pruning
- Preventive boxwood treatment
- White garden pond cleaning
- Moth treatment with BTk if necessary
- Syringe lawns if very hot (watering to lower soil temperature)
- Mowing
- Various finishing touches (hand weeding, weeding, wilted flowers, staking, ironing lawn edges, etc.)
- Watering
- Driveway maintenance
July
- Repasse pruning on hornbeam and boxwood and yew pruning
- Preventive organic treatment of boxwood
- Moth treatment with BTk if necessary
- Syringe lawns in hot weather (watering to lower soil temperature)
- Mowing
- Various finishing touches (hand weeding, weeding, wilted flowers, staking, ironing lawn edges, etc.)
- Watering and driveway maintenance
August
- Organic preventive treatment for boxwood
- Moth treatment with BTk if necessary
- Complete fertilization of lawns
- Ironing pruning
- Selective “spot” weeding of lawns before scarification
- Syringe lawns in hot weather (watering to lower soil temperature)
- Mowing
- Various finishing touches (hand weeding, weeding, wilted flowers, staking, ironing lawn edges, etc.)
- Watering
September
- Moth treatment with BTk if necessary
- Organic preventive treatment for boxwood
- Organic SOL boxwood treatment
- Ironing pruning
- Scarification of lawns and overseeding
- Pruning Niwakis (Japanese-style cloud trees)
- Mowing
- Various finishing touches (hand weeding, weeding, wilted flowers, staking, lawn edging ironing, etc.)
- Watering
October
- Continued lawn scarification and overseeding
- Pruning Niwakis
- Fertilization of NK lawns
- Moth treatment with BTk if necessary
- Preventive organic treatment of boxwood
- Final pruning of hornbeams
- Final trimming of hedges, topiaries, etc.
- Mowing
- Dead leaves
- Various finishing touches (manual weeding, weeding, wilted flowers, staking, lawn edging ironing, etc.)
November
- Weeding of summer plants
- Preparing beds and planting spring bulbs
- Dead leaves
- Pruning ivy on walls
- Winterizing vases
- Winterizing watering systems
- Planting trees, shrubs, perennials, etc.
- Final mowing
- Aeration of lawns, sanding and organic amendment after leaf fall
December
- Lawn aeration, sanding and organic amendment after leaf fall
- Dead leaves
- Pruning ivy on walls
- Planting trees, shrubs, perennials, etc.
- Manual decompacting of trampled lawns
- Pruning for reformation (frost-free)
- Surrounding suffering plants
- Removal of ivy from trees
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