Design and create a magical garden covering an area of 200m² inside an exhibition centre, in December and within four days, based on a theme chosen by a judging panel of professionasl, specialized journalists, and artists this is the challenge that awaits the four finalists in the Carré des Jardiniers competition. 
 
For landscape designers or landscaping contractors, this is also a unique opportunity to gather your teams together to focus on a group project, dare to venture off the beaten track, inspire young people who are still in training, and to showcase your own talents… 
 
The Carré des Jardiniers will award the top prize to the candidate who imagines, designs and constructs an exceptional garden embodying the key values of the landscaping profession: authenticity, audacity, creativity, sustainability, sharing... And amongst the four finalists, only one will be crowned Master Gardener! 
 

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« Theme for 2025 in the Carré des Jardiniers contest: The Garden of Possibilities: Make us Dream, Surprise Yourself!

The garden is a space of freedom, creativity, please - a soothing, poetic, generous place, a rejuvenating space of wonder and constant discovery.

These are words and attitudes that have become precious in a world in constant evolution. 

But, precisely, doesn't the poetry of the garden hold even greater significance today as an echo of what becomes possible?

The Garden of Possibilities embodies a call to surprise, an exhortation to inventiveness, a dream window open to reality, the exception that confirms the rule... So, how do you imagine this garden?

 

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An exceptionnal jury

The Carré des Jardiniers jury is made up of 14 well-known personalities passionately interested in landscaping. Professionals of the sector, journalists, or artists :They can be expert professionals or use nature as their source of inspiration but they are all extremely sensitive to plants, have great artistic talent and are well-informed critics.

 

1 EMBLEMATIC PRESIDENT

 

 

Meet the members of the 2025 jury

 

Students make their choice!

The Carré des Jardiniers is a competition focused on promoting landscape professions and aims to spark interest in these fields among young generations. 
In 2023, the Carré des Jardiniers formed partnerships with training centers to involve young students in this pretigious competition and to widely promote landscape professions and education. 
Two students from the EPLEFPA - CFPPA of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, the Mouillère campus, the CFA de La Bretonnière, the CFPPA - UFA of Allier, and the MDR of Entre Deux Mers served as judges for the Carré des Jardiniers and awarded their special mention to Matthieu Carla for his garden "Jardin Suspendu" on December 6 at the Paysalia trade show.

Paysalia, the exhibition Landscape, Garden & Sport

Paysalia is the leading trade show that brings together all the key players in the landscaping sector in France in 2023: 38,101 visitors and 1;732 exhibitors and brands. Since 2009, for 3 days, they gather, meet, exchange ideas, and advance the profession. The next edition will take place at Lyon Eurexpo from December 2 to 4, 2025.
The exhibition aims to promote new discoveries, meetings and exchanges of ideas between the various players in the sector. The latest innovations (both technical and aesthetic, or environmentally-friendly) are presented on Espace Innovations and the winners receive their prizes during the Paysalia Trophies awards ceremony.
The exhibition provides the opportunity for meetings and exchanges of ideas between professionals through social events: evening and late-night events, conferences, dedicated days and programmes.