Aiguille du Jardin, Mountain summit in Mont Blanc massif, France

Aiguille du Jardin is a 4,035 m summit on the east ridge of the Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc massif, Haute-Savoie. Its south face is defended by steep buttresses of red granite, largely unexplored except perhaps by crystal hunters. Seen from the Talèfre basin on the way to the Couvercle refuge, it stands as an independent peak rather than a subsidiary top.

The first ascent was made on 1 August 1904 by Émile Fontaine with guides Jean Ravanel and Léon Tournier, who traversed from the Grande Rocheuse along the Jardin ridge. In 1932 Karl Blodig, aged 72, made the first solo ascent via the north-east couloir of the Col Armand Charlet, unaware the summit had been reached five days earlier.

The name Jardin refers to the Jardin ridge, the route by which the peak is usually climbed from the Refuge du Couvercle (2,687 m); that same ridge also forms part of the ascent of the Aiguille Verte. The subsidiary summit on the Talèfre side, Pointe Eveline (4,026 m), is named after Miss Eveline Carmichael, who made its first ascent.

Access is normally from the Refuge du Couvercle (2,687 m), reached from the Talèfre basin, then via the Jardin ridge, which is also part of the Aiguille Verte ascent. The ridge is graded D- and is one of the finer routes to the Aiguille Verte. The south face's red granite buttresses are rarely visited.

The south face holds red granite formations that draw mineral collectors searching for quartz and crystals. This geological feature makes the wall particularly interesting for collectors and geology enthusiasts.