Rendez-vous aux Jardins - Jardin de Gabriel

During the guided tour, you can discover Gabriel Albert's extraordinary career, learn about his manufacturing techniques and sources of inspiration, and visit his sculpted garden, his house and workshop and present the restoration work recently undertaken. In 1969, Gabriel Albert, a retired carpenter, decided to make his dream come true: to model human-sized statues in cement and display them for all to see in the garden surrounding his small house in Nantillé. For 20 years, he worked tirelessly to create this poetic universe, demonstrating his inventiveness and a strong taste for staging. In all, he created 420 statues and busts, representing famous or anonymous people, as well as animals. Now a listed monument, Gabriel's garden never ceases to amaze and arouse the curiosity of passers-by and art brut specialists alike. The tour will enable you to discover Gabriel Albert's extraordinary career, his techniques and sources of inspiration, and to visit his sculpted garden, his house and his workshop.