Greenery sequence and gardens walk around Le Mans: in the heart of the city itself, the jardin des Plantes, the jardin de Tessé... followed by Le Château du Grand-Lucé and its gardens à la française, with terraces, ponds and alleys, orangery, topiaries and magnolias carved into pyramids. Then at Saint Vincent du Lorouêr, Le Jardin de la Fontaine-Blineau in the courtyard of an 18th century farm.