The mountains teach us one simple thing: every wonder takes time.
Time to watch a flower bloom.
To follow the flight of a butterfly.
To discover that a seed holds a universe within it.
Summer at the Saussurea Alpine Botanical Garden unfolds like this: amidst workshops, gatherings and small gestures that draw our gaze back to nature.
Not a succession of events, but opportunities to experience the mountains at a leisurely pace, guided by curiosity.
For the little ones, every Wednesday is an invitation to create.
With paper, seeds, stones and materials gathered from nature, the garden becomes an open-air workshop where imagination takes shape.
- 15 July | What a beautiful flower! – Let’s make a flower paperweight together using crepe paper.
- 29 July | Winged bottle tops – Small objects transformed into light-as-air creatures.
- 2 August | Butterflies amongst the flowers – Decorations inspired by the plant world.
- 5 August | The garden in a pot – Découpage on clay pots.
- 12 August | Strange stones – Colours, shapes and imagination.
- 15 August | Let’s take flight! – A workshop dedicated to birds.
- 19 August | Kaleidoscopic seeds – Let’s make a kaleidoscope using seeds from the garden.
Observation is the first creative act.
On 18 July, the Pavillon du Mont-Fréty is hosting the Botanical Watercolour Workshop with Simonetta Chiarugi.
An experience for those who wish to learn to observe alpine flora closely, transforming every detail into an illustration.
Information:
- 10.00 am
- Free workshop
- Limited places
- Booking essential
- Cable car ticket not included
There is another way to experience the silence of the mountains.
From 23 July, every Thursday, the Saussurea Botanical Garden hosts Holy Mass.
A simple moment, immersed in the silence of the mountains, where the landscape becomes part of the experience and contemplation naturally finds its place.
The Saussurea Botanical Garden is not just a place to visit.
It is a place to dwell in, even if only for a few hours.
To breathe in slowly.
To wander through without haste.
Letting the flowers, the wind and the light tell the rest of the story.