Rene laurent’s garden

Created in 2011 at the end of restoration work on the north side of the Cathedral this garden is on two levels and offers beautiful views of the august monument.

The first level garden allows the visitors to wander through ‘plessis’ (fences made of interwoven branches) whose planting is inspired by the medieval tradition. At the end of the garden is the Bishops Chapel which is waiting to be restored and which was created at the request of Bishop Hector d’Ailly in 1539 in the purest style of the Renaissance.
The second level garden below is embellished with a collection of Camellias with 20 varieties on show which are chosen for their ability to adapt to the soil and climate of Toul.

The name Camellia was named after the Jesuit missionary Georges Joseph Kaamel (who was better known as ‘Camellus’) by the Swedish naturalist Car Von Linné in 1753.