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The château d'Ainay-le-Vieil as the days go by

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The château's Rose Garden

The rose garden faces the two Renaissance Pavilions and is bordered by the canals of the Grand carré en l'île and the Carré long des Pavillons.
In the perspective of the aviary and the château, the rose garden presents a collection of old roses that are as beautiful as they are ephemeral, since most of them flower only once, in June.

The rose garden has been designed to showcase old roses, for their aesthetic qualities and fragrances, and as a tribute to the horticultural creations of the past.

It takes visitors on a journey through history, with encounters with varieties bearing evocative names: Chapeau de Napoléon, Souvenir de la Petite Malmaison, Impératrice Joséphine... Connoisseurs will also find roses from renowned collectors.

Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, in bright sunshine, with a distant view of the poterne from the rose garden's flower-decked arches.
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, close-up of the delicate flowers of a Rosa gallica L. in the aviary pavilion.
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, view of the Renaissance pavilion from the aviary pavilion, blue sky, roses in bloom trellised on wooden trellises.
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, the Renaissance pavilion known as the Aviary, a metal garden salon set beneath flowering rose bushes trained on wooden trellises.
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, the aviary pavilion bursting with climbing rose blossom
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, view of the postern from the arches carved into the bower.