Trangé · Sarthe
Château de la Groirie
Wooded parkland, a small kitchen garden and contrasting ornamental gardens near Le Mans.
From the source
Château de la Groirie is a château at Trangé, Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
Editorial reading
At Trangé, the Sarthe departmental and Pays de la Loire regional tourism boards describe La Groirie as an estate associated with the Age of Enlightenment. They identify a landscaped and picturesque wooded park with trees of varied species, a small kitchen garden, an Anglo-Chinese garden and a rose garden. The château and its associated buildings have their own architectural history; these descriptions do not assign a single creation date to every garden feature. The two tourism descriptions place these gardens within a wooded park of more than fifty hectares.
Recommendation
Compare the scale of the wooded landscape with the more enclosed planted gardens. The small kitchen garden, rose garden and Anglo-Chinese setting suggest different uses and moods within the estate. Check current arrangements with La Groirie before travelling, including which parts of the private grounds form part of a visit.
Sources
Base Mérimée — immeubles protégés · PA00109979 — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab) — Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée
Eigen redactie · jardin31-review-20261016-chateau-de-la-groirie-0 — proprietary
Eigen redactie · jardin31-review-20261016-chateau-de-la-groirie-1 — proprietary
Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ch%C3%A2teau%20de%20la%20Groirie%201.JPG — CC BY-SA 3.0
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