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Rose Festival

Rose Festival

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Rose and Garden Festival: September 26 & 27, 2026


Canon Castle celebrates the rose and the garden!

All weekend long, you’ll find nurserymen and exhibitors, as well as a rich program of events in gardens that will be at the peak of their blooming season!


Numerous garden exhibitors

  • André Eve” collection roses, perennials, shrubs, plant collections and more
  • Gardening tips and garden decor
  • Crafts (rose products, ceramics, jewelry, basketry…)
  • Concerts and entertainment for the 250th anniversary of the Fête de la Rosière!
Exhibitors

Nurseries

  • Les Roses Anciennes André Eve – Antique & collectible roses
  • Les fleurs de l’Isole – Original and tortuous plants & flowering perennials
  • Floral fragrance – Trees, fruit trees & shrubs
  • Pépinières de Cambremer – Collection trees & shrubs
  • The world of doves – Cloud trees, hydrangeas
  • Pépinière Rapmund – Bulbs & plants
  • Le jardin des senteurs et saveurs – Scented and tasty plants
  • Suisse Normande Succulente – Succulent plants
  • Serge Bellan – Ornamental trees & shrubs
  • Dame vivaces – Perennial flowers
  • Plants & bio – Small fruits & herbs in biodegradable pots
  • Grow for it – Perennials, shrubs & grasses
  • Pépinière Pierre Angué – Perennials, geranium collection

Gardening experts

  • MFR Maltot – Creation of an ephemeral garden
  • Montviette Nature – Plant & seed sales, exchange market
  • Association des jardins du Pays d’Auge – Gardening advice
  • Terricole – Vermicompost
  • French Flower Collective
  • Solveg – Landscaping
  • Les croqueurs de pommes
  • Christian Hellouin – Bonsai Collection

Vegetable and flower production

  • Les Fleurs de Canon – Sale of local flower bouquets
  • Au jardin du Pré Bocage – Organic aromatic plants

Garden decor

  • Back to basics
  • Laven Jessy
  • Lez’Art en cave – Garden ceramist
  • Amélie’s thoughts – Engraved mirrors


Rose and flower products

  • Le Jardin d’Arcane – Cultivation & distillation of medicinal plants
  • La Roseraie de Vendée – Jams & rose products

Arts & crafts

from natural materials

  • Toutes des fées – Flower creations
  • Les savons d’Orély – Soapery
  • Muzpal – Floral & animal art
  • Interlude – Ceramist

Producer catering

Local catering on site all weekend!

Essomanda: pancakes and galettes

Le bistrot gourmand: snack bar

Le café des statues: bar

Entertainment

Saturday

  • 10:30 a.m.: Launch ceremony for the 250th anniversary of the Fête des Bonnes Gens (Fanfare – Dance – Prize-giving ceremony)
  • 2pm: The revival of the Bouquetier garden, history and current practices – Salle des Rosières
  • 2:30 pm: The secrets of successful composting – Stand Terricole
  • 2:30 p.m.: Cyanotype workshop: make a card with flowers from the estate
  • 3pm: Which roses for my garden – André Eve stand
  • 3:30 p.m.: Edible plants – Saveurs et senteurs stand
  • 4 p.m.: Creative floral necklace workshop – 6 people by reservation(link on the ticketing page or click here)
  • 4:30 pm: Discovering maples – Pépinières de Cambremer stand
  • 5pm: Visit 250 years of flowers at Canon
  • 5:30 p.m.: Demonstration of rose cutting – Cordula Girault

Sunday

  • 10:30 a.m. : Meet the roses: care and best practices – Cordula Girault
  • 11 a.m.: Cyanotype workshop: make a card with flowers from the estate
  • 11:30 a.m.: Which roses for my garden? – André Eve stand
  • 2:30 p.m.: Living soil quiz – Terricole stand
  • 2:45pm: Cyanotype workshop: make a card with flowers from the estate
  • 3pm: Concert by the “Dogger Fisher” Celtic music
  • 3:30 p.m.: Edible plants – Saveurs et senteurs stand
  • 4 p.m.: Creative floral necklace workshop – 6 people by reservation (link on the ticketing page or click here )
  • 4:30 pm: Discovering maples – Pépinières de Cambremer stand

And also

  • Ephemeral gardens with MFR Maltot and Solveg
  • Plant exchange (bring your own seedlings)
  • Bonzaï exhibition at the Orangerie
  • Les croqueurs de pommes exhibition at the Pressoir
  • Visit the park and castle
  • Treasure hunt, coloring workshop etc…

Practical info

Dates :

  • September 26, 27, 2026
  • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Rates :

  • Adults: €5
  • Young people aged 6 to 18: €2
  • Children under 6: free
Book your ticket

Info and Contact:
Reservation recommended for events
by mail: “[email protected]
Dogs on leash accepted

Château de Canon
14270 Mézidon-Canon
Mail: [email protected]
Tel: 02 31 20 65 17 – 06 64 65 13 83