Accompanied by a representative of Deauville's Green Spaces Department, the tour takes visitors on a journey of discovery of the many fragrant tree species that dot the Parc Calouste Gulbenkian (lime trees, catalpa trees, American walnut trees, forty-shelled trees, chestnut trees, pine trees) and their botanical exploration: maintenance, wood quality, use and visual diagnosis of the tree's morphology (trunk, root system, framework).
Bequeathed to the town of Deauville in 1974, the Parc Calouste Gulbenkian is a 33-hectare landscaped park on the outskirts of Deauville. It was acquired and transformed in 1937 by Calouste Gulbenkian, a philanthropist and major art collector with a passion for birds and gardens. Following in the footsteps of the artists he admired, Calouste Gulbenkian transformed the park into his life’s work, “a garden in my own way”. From 1937 to 1939, he had it redesigned by Achille Duchesne, the famous landscape gardener who restored the park at Château de Vaux Le Vicomte and Royaumont Abbey.