Jardins de Callunes

Ban-de-Sapt, France, France

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The Jardins de Callunes are a 4-hectare botanical and landscaped garden located at 5 Chemin de la Prelle in Ban-de-Sapt, in the Vosges department of eastern France, created between 1994 and 1996 by landscaper Jacques Couturieux after seven years of design and planting.

The garden's unique story is its conversion from an unusual former site: it was once an old sandstone quarry that had been used as a dump and landfill, located on what was formerly the German side during World War I (with a visible trench still present), and was completely rehabilitated by bringing in 4,000 cubic meters of topsoil and 900 tons of rocks to create the garden.

The English-style garden is structured into ten distinct landscaped areas connected by sweeping lawns and walkways, including a pine forest, a waterfall, a trench, a small lake, and mountain areas, offering visitors a peaceful space for leisure, relaxation, and rejuvenation under large trees among flower masses with the gentle sound of cascades and streams.