Jardin de la rue Visconti, Pocket park in 6th arrondissement, France

The garden on rue Visconti is a tiny green patch filled with boxwoods, Mexican orange trees, dogwoods, and periwinkles arranged around stone pathways. Three stone benches nestle beneath a low oak pergola that frames the space and offers shelter as you sit.

The garden opened in 2000 as the Jardin de la Rue-Visconti, on the plot of no. 10 rue Visconti, a building demolished at the start of the 20th century; the strip lies in the street's alignment. In January 2017 it was renamed Jardin Alice-Saunier-Seïté, after the politician (1925-2003) who lived on the street. At 80 m² it is the smallest public green space in Paris.

The garden is named after Alice Saunier-Seïté (1925–2003), a politician who lived on this street; it was renamed in January 2017, having been called jardin de la Rue-Visconti since 2000. Rue Visconti itself is named after the French architect Louis Visconti, not a family of the garden's founders.

The garden lies between nos. 8 and 12 rue Visconti, in line with the street, a short walk from the Saint-Germain-des-Prés station on metro line 4. At 80 m² it is passed in a few steps; the two bare trunks and the wooden frame are best seen from the railing, as the plot is fenced.

The plot at no. 10 was left empty when its building was demolished at the start of the 20th century, and the garden, laid out in 2000, keeps the street's building line. At 80 m² it is the smallest public green space in Paris, a fact worth recalling as you pass the dark green railing.