Jardins du Château d’Ouge

Ouge, France, France

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Jardins du Château d'Ouge is a 5-hectare "Remarkable Garden" in Ouge, Haute-Saône, France, featuring five distinct garden areas that blend different styles across its botanical park.

The gardens include a small Renaissance garden in the honor courtyard with a plant labyrinth, a French-style garden with a monumental fountain, basin, topiary, and green theater, and an Asian garden built around a pond with a bamboo grove. The largest area is an English-style park containing about 500 tall trees from 160 species (mostly planted since 1980), plus hundreds of shrubs, perennials, and dozens of rose varieties, all labeled for visitors.

The site also includes an orchard with a wooden Gothic gallery and a courtyard of farm buildings, all maintained with ecological care to promote biodiversity. Open during summer (July) daily except Sundays from 8:30 AM–12:30 PM and 2–4 PM, with other seasons by appointment, admission is €4 for adults (free under 12) and €10 for guided tours, with visits taking 1–2 hours. The 16th-century château itself is renovated but not open to the public, though the gardens alone make it worth visiting.