This Saturday, April 9, 2022, Jean Renault walks through the Jardins des Renaudies which he created 30 years ago to go to a space dedicated to him and which bears his name. Between two posters reminiscent of his work, his children had a bronze bust of him installed. At 93, he points to vanilla-strawberry hydrangeas, his creation. “I was the first to make them and now they are selling all over the world.”
– Selma Rich
To pay tribute to the work of their nurseryman father, founder of the Jardins des Renaudies when he retired in the 1980s, his children had the idea of having a bronze bust in his image installed at their own expense. “Our father wanted to leave a mark when he’s gone“, specifies his daughter Anne Renault.
– Selma Rich
Sébastien Garnier, garden manager for the Community of Communes of Bocage Mayennais for ten years, wholeheartedly accepted the request of the Renault children. “Jean Renault is an exceptional man, someone who is passionate about plants, hydrangeas, gardens and whom I greatly appreciated because he is a guy who has guts, who loves his country.“
– Selma Rich
The Jardins des Renaudies reopen their doors to the public from this Sunday, April 17, 2022. “An old slogan of the Department says that in Mayenne, the fantastic is at the end of the road and Les Renaudies are the greatest of truths and illustrations. Something out of the ordinary is happening here, a little out of time“, adds Sébastien Garnier.
– Selma Rich