3 Christmas gift ideas

Leisure activities
December 5, 2022
The Christmas gift-giving headache has begun. What to get for so-and-so? How to find an original gift? Don't worry anymore! Here are three ideas that are sure to please and support the development of tourism and scientific activities in a magnificent high-altitude garden...

Lautaret Garden Ambassador Card: €15

With this personal card, you have unlimited access to the botanical garden from January 1 to December 31.er weekend in June to 1er September weekend. Don't miss any more blooms this season! The jardin du Lautaret a peaceful and rejuvenating place with multiple views of the surrounding mountains and mountain ranges. Many free events are planned throughout the summer during regular opening hours. This card also allows you to support the development of public activities at the Lautaret Garden.
A card for friends of the Garden

Collection of 12 A3 plates of illustrated alpine plants: €35*

In 2015, The jardin du Lautaret renowned artists as part of an artistic residency. Each illustrator sketched the alpine plants of their choice, and the garden's botanists wrote descriptions of these plants on the back. These drawings are presented in a prestigious embossed cardboard folder. The person to whom you give this beautiful gift can either keep it as it is or frame all or part of these botanical illustrations.

(*shipping costs not included, parcel rate of €8.50 for mainland France. Please contact us for rates to other destinations)

Catalog of botanical illustrations

A botanical watercolor painting course in summer 2023: €160*

Every year, the Gentiana association and Patrick Jager invite you to spend a weekend picking up your paintbrushes and painting the flowers and magnificent landscape of the Lautaret garden. The techniques used allow you to achieve quick and satisfying results in terms of representing reality and its colors. This course will teach you all the basics you need to create an illustrated herbarium.

Three weekends available in 2023:

  • June 24 and 25
  • July 1 and 2
  • July 8 and 9
(*Fee to be paid directly to Patrick Jager. In addition, Gentiana will ask you to become a member of its association, and The jardin du Lautaret to present your ambassador card when you arrive. The price of the course does not include meals or accommodation.)
Botanical watercolor workshop in the Lautaret garden
 
Published on December 5, 2022
Updated on May 12, 2023