The grounds were designed and laid out during the great works in 1786, along with the orangery where the 80 orange trees belonging to the Marquis Bérard de Montalet were protected from frost by three wood-burning stoves.

Behind the orangery, the “noria” was the start of a water course, an ingenious circuit that was devised to use gravity to distribute the precious liquid to the chateau, ponds, orchards and vegetable gardens before returning to the well.

Since 1999, the grounds have been developed in keeping with their original design: the box hedges are trimmed once more, the abandoned former arbour has been transformed into a rose garden, the marshland has been drained to plant an orchard with varieties from the Chartreux catalogue and the ponds are being gradually restored or recreated. 

It is now a pleasure to walk along the paths that provide a link with a former period.