
Plant festival
From Friday, April 3, 2026 to Sunday, April 5, 2026
The must-attend spring event to see life in green at the Mucem!
As every year, the museum encourages visitors to rediscover its outdoor spaces with their families and reconnect with the living world during a weekend of shows, workshops, visits to the migration garden and a large plant market in the courtyard.
This new edition, “Ville-forêt” (City-forest), invites us to imagine together a city reconciled with the plant world, inspired by the forest model.
A theme to be explored from Friday April 3 with the show-event Éloge de la forêt, by Patrick Scheyder and with Thomas Brail, organized as a preamble to this weekend of (re)connection to trees and nature!
Évènements passés (6)
- Free

Calanques at the Mucem
Plant festival
Ongoing workshops for children and families with Les Petits Débrouillards and the Calanques National Park
The National Park’s eco-guards are teaming up with the science outreach organization Les Petits Débrouillards to invite you to discover the treasures of the Calanques’ coastal flora. Coastal plants are jewels of evolution that, over thousands of years, have adapted to the extreme conditions of the seashore: drought, lack of soil, wind, salt… A series of games and activities invites you to learn more about them and find out how you can help protect them.From Saturday, Mar 23, 2024
to Sunday, Apr 5, 2026Fort Saint-Jean
- Free

Cutting bar, with Nouvelle pousse
Plant festival
Give plants a second life and learn how to propagate them with Nouvelle pousse's cuttings bar.
Nouvelle pousse, a plant-based resourcerie that rescues plants and flowers destined to be thrown away, invites you to discover its cuttings bar. Learn how to propagate houseplants, herbs and succulents, then take a cutting to grow at home.On Saturday, Apr 4, 2026 and on Sunday, Apr 5, 2026
de 10h à 17h
Fort Saint-Jean
- Free

Young shoots
Plant festival
With Jean-Laurent Félizia, head gardener of the Mucem garden The Garden of Migrations is a veritable showcase garden, offering a journey through the history of Mediterranean vegetation and its uses. It illustrates the intermingling of cultures in the Mediterranean and tells the story of the bond that has united people and plants for millennia.On Sunday, Apr 5, 2026
Fort Saint-Jean / Place d'Armes
- Free

Organic and Mediterranean plant market
Plant festival
Throughout the weekend, nurserymen specializing in Mediterranean gardening and advocates of agroecology will be offering plants and botanical advice at an astonishing plant market nestled in the courtyard of the Commande.
Throughout the weekend, nurserymen specializing in Mediterranean gardening and advocates of agroecology will be offering plants and botanical advice at an astonishing plant market nestled in the courtyard of the Commande. Unlike conventional plant markets, all our selected growers are fervently committed to organic farming and the protection of living organisms. You’ll find a range of Mediterranean plants for gardens, balconies and interiors: cacti, perennials, herb and vegetable plants,...
Natural partners Calanques National Park Les P’tits débrouillards The Mucem Bookshop On-site catering Le Café du Fort Vegan on MarsOn Saturday, Apr 4, 2026 and on Sunday, Apr 5, 2026
de 10h à 18h
Fort Saint-Jean / Order court
- Free

A stroll through gardens and collections
Plant festival
During a walk, we'll discover the plants that have made their home in the gardens, and which are also featured in the collections.
Clarisse Le Bas (ethnobotanist) and Françoise Dallemagne (in charge of collections and research at Mucem) propose a visit to the gardens while exploring the Mucem collections. We’ll tell you about myths and legends, know-how and uses, as well as decorative motifs. A weaving of herbaceous plants, trees and collected objects that illustrates the close and sensitive companionship between man and plant. After the tour, meet Clarisse Lebas at the Mucem bookshop for the launch of her book...On Saturday, Apr 4, 2026
Fort Saint-Jean / Jardin des migrations

In praise of the forest
Plant festival
Climb the peaks with us, where art and commitment meet!
An original creation by Patrick Scheyder, with Thomas Brail From age 7 L’In Praise of the Forest is a new ecological tale, interactive, seductive and popular, putting activism and artistic action into perspective. With humor, poetry and lucidity, he invites us to question our relationship with living beings and trees, and above all to take action in support of the climate. A real remedy for eco-anxiety! With Patrick SCHEYDER (piano and design), Thomas BRAIL (arborist-climber), Emma...On Friday, Apr 3, 2026
de 19h à 20h30
J4 / Auditorium