Due to bad weather over the last few days, the Poulaines Gardens and Arboretum will unfortunately be closed from 1 November.
We look forward to seeing you in April 2025 when the gardens reopen: we promise you some surprises!
The garden is open all year round and every day for groups
The Domaine de Poulaines has been designated as a remarkable project for the Centre-Val de Loire region in 2024 by the Mission Stéphane Bern. A great recognition which opens up new future prospects for the estate, while highlighting its importance in the preservation and enhancement of French heritage.
The association “Châteaux de la Loire, Vallée des Rois” includes over 80 castles, religious monuments, museums, parks and gardens located in the Loire Valley from Gien to Nantes. The association’s objective is to promote these exceptional venues by grouping cultural places of interest for tourists and locals alike.
Naturally, Domaine de Poulaines is an active member.
Between Berry and Touraine, benefit from a preferential rate from the second visit, upon presentation of your full-price entry ticket to one of the 7 unmissable sites:
The Culture Pass was born from the desire, affirmed during the 2017 presidential campaign, to provide young people with a new system promoting access to culture in order to strengthen and diversify cultural practices, by revealing the cultural richness of the territories.
The general interest mission of the Culture Pass acquired a new organization in July 2019, entrusting a simplified joint stock company (SAS) – whose shareholders are the Ministry of Culture and the Caisse des Dépôts by the through its Banque des Territoires activity – ensuring the management and development of the Culture Pass system.
In January 2022, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports joined this partnership as part of the implementation of the Culture pass for young people aged 15 to 17, and those in school in the year 2022. fourth to final year, in collaboration with the Ministries of Agriculture and Food, the Armed Forces and the Sea, in charge of agricultural, military and maritime education.
The result of a leading partnership between the State, cultural partners, the school environment and local authorities, the Culture pass today gives its full place to culture for young people by allowing them to go to their encounter and emancipate oneself in the exercise of the autonomy of one’s own cultural choices.
The Culture pass supports young people under 18 on a daily basis by offering them greater access to culture through a collective part, from 6th grade and an individual part, from 15 years old.
Intended to strengthen their cultural practices independently, the individual offer encourages them in their personal choices while the collective offer, intended for students from fourth to final year, allows them to have group experiences with cultural partners in the framework of outings and collective meetings.
The individual offer is accessible via the application and allows young people to benefit from a credit depending on their age (€20 at 15 years old, €30 at 16 and 17 years old), while the collective offer makes the subject to a reservation by their teacher on a dedicated platform (amounts of 25 euros for students in classes from sixth to third, 30 euros for second and CAP students, and 20 euros for students in first and final).
The Culture pass allows young people aged 18 to have €300 for 24 months to use on the application to discover and reserve local cultural offerings and digital offers.
The Culture pass aims to encourage meetings between cultural partners and users, it is therefore not possible to have material goods delivered. Purchases of digital goods (ebook, SVoD, video games, etc.) are capped at €100.
Domaine de Poulaines has joined forces with the project Union for the Genetic Resources of the Centre-Val de Loire so as many people as possible can rediscover the region’s most typical vegetable varieties.
The initiative will run until autumn. Special signage shows the vegetables that are part of this initiative.
The © du Centre brand, dedicated to the food products of the Centre-Val de Loire region, aims to enhance the recognition of authentic regional products and local expertise. It provides better visibility and facilitates product identification through its stamping, while ensuring their authenticity and regional origin. This initiative also supports the local economy, businesses, and employment in the region, by promoting responsible and environmentally-friendly consumption.
Discover Indre at a lower cost with the Club des Ambassadeurs card! If you live in the department, you can obtain this card valid for one year for free. Enjoy free access to 24 tourist sites (including the Domaine de Poulaines) when accompanied by one or more paying people. Join over 2,000 members and explore our beautiful region today!
The Department of Indre is launching a new system for middle school students from the start of the 2023-2024 school year. Called “Ma Carte 36”, this program allows each secondary school student residing in the department to benefit from €36 which can be used freely at the Poulaines estate. The objective of this system is to encourage young people to discover and take an interest in culture.