The Sacred Grove
International Garden Festival
Chaumont-sur-Loire - FR
Client
Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire
Sponsors
Building team
Emma Morillon, Chloé Savalle, Étienne Maliet,
Louise Bégou, Christophe Allignet, Sylvie Very
AJ Rénovation
Lycée Agricole Le Fresne
Axel Guillou, Enzo Touyou, Gabriel Piotrowski, Louison Paillard, Nathan Dubois, Noah Fleury, Owen Coquemont
Budget
12.000€
Links
Sacred groves are recurring elements through history, amongst westerns and non-western cultures. They are protected spaces where mankind converses with deities, primordial and elemental places where nature and humans connect.
This garden is an interpretation of this concept. It stages a fallen tree in the middle of a meadow, surrounded by a dense forest edge. It is a space of intense life where bacteria, insects and fungi are busy decomposing the wood, feeding ground and birds, where perennials, shrubs and saplings are stretching for the light, a space where the death of a tree starts the rebirth of many others. Cloistered by wooden poles, the central meadow become a sanctuary, a place where visitors are guests, invited to have a seat under the trees, contemplate and reconnect with nature.