Francine Schneeberger, whose only experience as a landscape gardener was her passion for plants and nature in general, practised creating her first garden in Alsace. Years later, serious and permanent health problems could have slowed down her creativity, but instead, her desire to create a soothing and rejuvenating place meant that her creativity became her driving force. So she imagined and designed Les Jardins de l'Ange , with her heart and her desire to share the wonder of Life. It is thanks to her second husband, Christian d'Hau, and a team of faithful friends and occasional volunteers, devoted to Francine's project, her vision and her kindness, that the restoration of the Château de Verdalle and its guest rooms, the Jardins de l'Ange and the activities of the association were able to be carried out.

Since then, the floral colours have slowly started to live again between the age-old trees. With courage and serenity, our little hands have restored stone after stone the crumbling walls, painted the old benches blue, planted young shrubs with promising perfumes and contributed, day by day, to the future of nature in this garden.

Here are gardens within a garden where it is good to sit at any time of the day or summer night, where the Autan wind, when it is gentle, offers us its sublime caress and where the golden light illuminates the colours and teases the shadows.

It has taken us years of hard work and effort to achieve the result we have today. But a garden never stops changing; it is nature's gift to create itself.

We invite you to enjoy our beautiful park, to take a walk, to recharge your batteries, to find inspiration and to rediscover your childlike soul.

You may come across Francine in the rose garden or sitting by the water garden. Don't hesitate to ask her to sign one of her books for you... because this wonderful place was created by a woman who is just as wonderful.