The floral park of Apremont-sur-Allier

In addition to the project of creating a link between the village and the castle, the driving force behind the development of the Apremont-sur-Allier floral park is to share a patch of beauty with as many people as possible. No less than 1,500 species of plants are gathered in the park, including wisteria, roses, clematis, laburnum, but also rare and exotic species: redwoods, liquidambars, weeping cedars, cryptomerias from Japan, cedars, etc. The key word in the stylistic design of the Apremont-sur-Allier floral park is confluence. The rigor of the guiding lines that speaks to the French spirit is delicately softened in the curves of the decorative elements of picturesque inspiration. The Anglo-Chinese spirit is first expressed in the “White Garden” which transports the visitor, barely entering the park, to England, to the garden of Vita Sackville-West; then it shines through in the mixed-borders, the water features, the waterfall, the bridge-pagoda, the oriental pavilions, the trees with free foliage or pruned in Asian fashion.