Les Jardins de Castillon

D73
F-14490 Castillon

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This website is published by Les jardins de Castillon Plantbessin, 14490 Castillon, France.

Publishers: Hubert and Colette Sainte Beuve

© 2025 Hubert et Colette Sainte Beuve, Les jardins de Castillon Plantbessin. All rights reserved.

1. Intellectual property

All content on this website - texts, photographs, illustrations, videos, etc. - is protected by French and international copyright laws.

Any copying or use of this content is strictly forbidden without prior written authorisation.

2. Illustrations, photography and texts

Illustrations: François Houtin

Photography: Camille They, Daniel Décamps, and others

Texts: Jérôme Goutier. excerpts from « Jardins de Femme ».

3. Respecting your privacy

In accordance with France''s law #78-17 of Januray 6, 1978 on computer data and freedom, you have the right to access, correct, oppose and delete any nominative data that you may have provided to the directors of the jardins de Castillon, and you may do so via this website or my writing to : Jardins de Castillon Plantbessin, Site internet CNIL, 14490 Castillon, France. We will never share any information about you with any third parties and any data which we may have access to is used exclusively to communicate with you as a result of a request for information you have made to us.

4. Website credits

This website was created by Hubert and Colette Sainte Beuve and by Thomas David Kleingartner, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Bayeux).

Just oustide of Bayeux, Normandy, in the peace and quiet of a leafy valley, the gardens of Castillon await your discovery. You will be treated to a feast for the eyes and a weatlh of knowledge about plants and gardening.

On one side of a broad central path, a series of theme gardens will let you stroll from "room" to "room": exuberant mixed borders, poetic aquatic plants, lush humidity-loving plants, scented herbs, sculpted conifers of the Far East and Colette Sainte Beuve''s diverse collection of cranesbill geraniums...

On the other side, three vast terraces punctuated by yew topiary and beechwood hedges each offer a unique ambiance: a collection of ornamental grasses, a blue garden and an ensemble of daylillies and hostas arranged around a reflecting pond.

An arboretum and boxtree labyrinth with their strong graphic lines and integration into the surrounding landscape complement the theme gardens.

Many of the plants you see in the gardens can be purchased in the adjoining nursery.

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