Sacré potager

Throughout history, people have left the imprint of their beliefs, customs and faith through the monuments they have erected and that continue to shape the landscape. Here, wooden shrines evoke both roadside oratories found at the crossroads of rural paths and altars set within private gardens.

The installation invites visitors into a poetic fiction exploring the “sacred” dimension of our horticultural and culinary heritage. Rare, heirloom and Indigenous vegetables form a legacy that is gradually disappearing, sometimes threatened by the methods of selection, production and commercialization developed by modern societies.

Votive candles adorn the displays, each personalized with the image of a different forgotten vegetable, inviting passersby to make an offering in support of their return to gardens and market stalls. Playfully blurring the boundaries between the secular and the sacred, the garden serves above all as a means of fostering a shared understanding, raising public awareness and promoting the importance of biodiversity.