Potager du roi, Royal kitchen garden in Versailles, France
The Potager du Roi encompasses nine hectares of land divided into distinct sections for vegetables, fruits, and herbs, with a circular pond at its center.
Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie designed this garden in 1683 for Louis XIV, transforming marshy grounds into productive land that supplied fresh produce to the royal court.
The garden maintains traditional French horticultural methods, producing fifty tons of fruit and thirty tons of vegetables annually from 400 different plant varieties.
The garden opens Tuesday through Sunday from April to October, with guided tours lasting 90 minutes and a farmers market operating on Saturdays.
The garden features over 5000 fruit trees trained in specific geometric patterns, including 50 varieties of pears arranged in specialized shapes.
Location: Versailles
Part of: Palace and Park of Versailles
Address: 6 rue Hardy
GPS coordinates: 48.79861,2.12111
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:45
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Very pleasant walk in this green space with multiple crops!
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