Potager du Roi - Entry ticket “The Flavors of the King’s Kitchen Garden“
Presentation
Since 1993, every first weekend of October, the National School of Landscape Architecture invites the public to a festive, cultural and gourmet event: The Flavors of the King’s Kitchen Garden.
During these two festive and gourmet days celebrating the harvest and the gardeners of the King’s Kitchen Garden, nearly 5,000 visitors enjoy free access to a large market featuring the Potager’s seasonal produce, as well as products from artisan-producers from the Île-de-France region and beyond. This event is also an opportunity for the public to discover the historic site through a cultural program: theatrical performances, cooking workshops, guided tours, and numerous activities around taste.
The 2025 edition, with the theme « Chef, the recipe! », will feature a carefully selected market of artisan producers and many favorite recipes to discover throughout the gardens.
Weekend Program
- Flavors Market (free entry)
The King’s Kitchen Garden showcases its fresh and prepared fruits and vegetables at a large stand run by the gardeners and staff. Several artisan-producers will also offer gourmet products grown and crafted on their farms in a traditional way.
- Discover the garden and its history: tours, exhibition, and workshops
- Exhibition of the fruit collection of the King’s Kitchen Garden: 109 varieties of pears and 185 varieties of apples
- Guided tours by the gardeners (Saturday and Sunday at 11am, 3pm, and 4:30pm)
- Guided tour with a lecturer (Saturday and Sunday at 4pm)
- Theatrical tour “At the Table”: the history of gastronomy in a walking performance (Saturday and Sunday at 11:30am, 2pm, and 4pm – duration 1h15)
- Tasting tour of the King’s Kitchen Garden (Saturday and Sunday at 5pm) and cooking masterclass (Sunday at 11am – duration 1h) with Chef Anel Cusset
- Meeting with an ornithologist (Saturday and Sunday at 3:30pm – duration 1h)
- Children’s workshops and activities
- Discovering culinary diversity with herbs and flowers (Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm)
- Introduction to botanical illustration (Sunday from 3pm to 6pm – ongoing workshop)
- Workshops “The journey of a seed, from grain to plate” (Sunday from 10am to 6pm)
- Cooking workshops for ages 6–14 (Sunday at 10:30am, 2pm, and 3:30pm – duration 1h)
- Treasure hunt “In the footsteps of the gardener” (ages 7–12) (Saturday and Sunday from 2:30pm to 6pm)
- Honey extraction workshops, ages 6+ (Saturday and Sunday at 3pm and 5pm – duration 1h)
- Beeswax candle-making workshop, ages 3+ (Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm)
- Apple press, ages 6+ (Saturday and Sunday from 2pm to 6pm)
- Mini-farm for children (Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm)
Prices
- Full price: €8.00
- Reduced rate: €5.00
Conditions :- young people aged 12 to 26
- garden visitors between November and March
- accompanying a member of the Château de Versailles staff
- teachers holding a valid Education Pass
- accompanying a member of staff from the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
- teachers of landscape, ecology, architecture, design, history, archaeology, art history, plastic arts and applied arts
- accompanying a school or after-school group (excluding guided tour package)
- accompanying a group of students (as part of a guided tour package)
- beneficiaries of minimum social benefits and jobseekers: RSA (revenu de solidarité active); ASS (allocation de solidarité spécifique); ASF (allocation de soutien familial); ATA (allocation temporaire d'attente); AMS (allocation mensuelle de subsistance); ATE (allocation transitoire de solidarité); AER (allocation équivalent retraite); AME (aide médicale de l'Etat); CMU (carte maladie universelle) or CMUC (CMU complémentaire); ASPA (allocation de solidarité aux personnes âgées); asylum seekers; holders of a carte solidarité transport.
- Free rate: €0.00
Conditions :- children under 12 years of age
- disabled civilians or war victims, plus one companion per person, on presentation of: disability card; “station debout pénible” card; certificate of recognition of disability
- students at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles
- loyalty card holders (Clé du Potager)
- users holding an invitation or pass issued by the establishment
- volunteers from the École nationale supérieure de paysage
- staff of the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
- staff of the Château de Versailles
- guides and lecturers
- journalists holding a national or international press card
- school and extracurricular groups (as part of a guided tour package)
- visitors to workshops, conferences and seminars organized by the establishment
Opening hours
Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 October 2025, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pmAccess
By public transport
- RER C from Invalides: Versailles Château Rive Gauche then 10 min. on foot
- Line N from Paris-Montparnasse: Versailles Chantiers then 15 min. on foot
- Line L from Paris-Saint-Lazare: Versailles - Rive Droite then 30 min. on foot or take bus line 6203
Coming by car
- Saint-Louis Cathedral car park
- École nationale supérieure de paysage car park (only at weekends and subject to availability): fixed price €3 / day (please go to the shop reception)
In application of the Vigipirate plan, no bags or luggage may be left at the shop reception.
- Localisation :
- City of Versailles