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Terrains
Communs

An ecosystem of practices. A 1.3-hectare garden at the intersection of art, design and ecology.

﹅ Selected for Bourges 2028 — European Capital of Culture

Founded in Nevers in 2022, Terrains Communs explores the relationships between creativity and the living world. Its garden hosts research, learning and knowledge-sharing projects.

Year-round programme

  • Creative residencies
  • Arts and cultural education residencies
  • Renouer! Kids (a programme of learning and nature discovery at the intersection of art and ecology, with schools in the Nevers area)
  • Botanical walks
  • Fieldcrü (days in the garden)

Renouer! Festival

Renouer! is a platform for creation, research and knowledge sharing at the intersection of art, design and ecology.

Organised by the Terrains Communs association in Nevers, the festival brings together leading French and international figures from the worlds of art and ecology each year to explore contemporary ecological issues.

  • Workshops, talks, shows, live music, DJ sets, performances, bookshops and a restaurant in the garden!
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The team

Terrains Communs brings together artists, scientists and volunteers around the garden and its programme.

  • Marie-Laure DelpuechChair
  • Philippine MangeartGeneral management
  • Max FelixGeneral / artistic direction
  • Baptiste MiotTechnical direction
  • Laurent Robin, Shin MignonChildren and youth coordination

Garden

Life in the garden.

Updated

157 records

Flora records

75 plants · 3 fungi and lichens in an associated inventory

Trees and shrubs

18 records

  • Tree of heaven

    Ailanthus altissima

  • Common alder

    Alnus glutinosa

  • Birch

    Betula sp.

  • Cornelian cherry

    Cornus mas

  • Common dogwood

    Cornus sanguinea

  • Dog rose

    Rosa canina

  • Sycamore

    Acer pseudoplatanus

  • European ash

    Fraxinus excelsior

  • Oregon grape

    Mahonia aquifolium

  • Hazel

    Corylus avellana

  • Walnut

    Juglans regia

  • Foxglove tree

    Paulownia tomentosa

  • Blackthorn

    Prunus spinosa

  • Bramble

    Rubus plicatus

  • White willow

    Salix alba

  • Goat willow

    Salix caprea

  • Elder

    Sambucus nigra

  • Virginia creeper

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Flowers and herbaceous plants

53 records

  • Garlic mustard

    Alliaria petiolata

  • Love-lies-bleeding

    Amaranthus caudatus

  • Dyer’s chamomile

    Cota tinctoria

  • Mugwort

    Artemisia vulgaris

  • Common hogweed

    Heracleum sphondylium

  • Creeping buttercup

    Ranunculus repens

  • Creeping bellflower

    Campanula rapunculoides

  • Wild carrot

    Daucus carota

  • Common knapweed

    Centaurea nigra

  • Cow parsley

    Anthriscus sylvestris

  • Fat hen

    Chenopodium album

  • Chrysanthemum

    Chrysanthemum sp.

  • Wild basil

    Clinopodium vulgare

  • White campion

    Silene latifolia

  • Common comfrey

    Symphytum officinale

  • Crosswort

    Cruciata laevipes

  • Dahlia

    Dahlia sp.

  • Purple coneflower

    Echinacea purpurea

  • Great willowherb

    Epilobium hirsutum

  • Hemp agrimony

    Eupatorium cannabinum

  • Wood spurge

    Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae

  • Cleavers

    Galium aparine

  • Common nettle

    Urtica dioica

  • Common gromwell

    Lithospermum officinale

  • Marsh mallow

    Althaea officinalis

  • Hop

    Humulus lupulus

  • White dead-nettle

    Lamium album

  • Common toadflax

    Linaria vulgaris

  • Hedge bindweed

    Calystegia sepium

  • Common bird’s-foot trefoil

    Lotus corniculatus

  • Yellow loosestrife

    Lysimachia vulgaris

  • Marjoram

    Origanum majorana

  • Yellow sweet clover

    Melilotus officinalis

  • Lemon balm

    Melissa officinalis

  • Apple mint

    Mentha suaveolens

  • Perforate St John’s-wort

    Hypericum perforatum

  • Forget-me-not

    Myosotis sp.

  • Desert tobacco

    Nicotiana obtusifolia

  • Common star-of-Bethlehem

    Ornithogalum umbellatum

  • Clammy groundcherry

    Physalis heterophylla

  • Creeping cinquefoil

    Potentilla reptans

  • Common lungwort

    Pulmonaria officinalis

  • Soapwort

    Saponaria officinalis

  • Common figwort

    Scrophularia nodosa

  • Common ragwort

    Jacobaea vulgaris

  • Bladder campion

    Silene vulgaris

  • Greater stitchwort

    Stellaria holostea

  • Dwarf elder

    Sambucus ebulus

  • Tansy

    Tanacetum vulgare

  • Germander speedwell

    Veronica chamaedrys

  • Goldenrod

    Solidago sp.

  • Vervain

    Verbena officinalis

  • Viper’s-bugloss

    Echium vulgare

Grasses, ferns and reeds

04 records

  • Reed canary grass

    Phalaris arundinacea

  • Sedge

    Carex sp.

  • Field horsetail

    Equisetum arvense

  • Common reed

    Phragmites australis

Fungi and lichens

03 records

  • Oakmoss

    Evernia prunastri

  • Yellow morel

    Morchella rotunda

  • Blistered cup fungus

    Peziza vesiculosa

Fauna records

79 records · birds, mammals, insects, gastropods and reptiles

Birds

32 records

  • Cetti’s warbler

    Cettia cetti

  • Common buzzard

    Buteo buteo

  • Mallard

    Anas platyrhynchos

  • Barn owl

    Tyto alba

  • Carrion crow

    Corvus corone

  • Eurasian sparrowhawk

    Accipiter nisus

  • Eurasian blackcap

    Sylvia atricapilla

  • Common moorhen

    Gallinula chloropus

  • Eurasian jay

    Garrulus glandarius

  • Great egret

    Ardea alba

  • Short-toed treecreeper

    Certhia brachydactyla

  • Song thrush

    Turdus philomelos

  • Common crane

    Grus grus

  • Grey heron

    Ardea cinerea

  • Eurasian hoopoe

    Upupa epops

  • Melodious warbler

    Hippolais polyglotta

  • Eurasian golden oriole

    Oriolus oriolus

  • Common swift

    Apus apus

  • Common blackbird

    Turdus merula

  • Long-tailed tit

    Aegithalos caudatus

  • Eurasian blue tit

    Cyanistes caeruleus

  • Great tit

    Parus major

  • Rose-ringed parakeet

    Psittacula krameri

  • European green woodpecker

    Picus viridis

  • Eurasian magpie

    Pica pica

  • Common wood pigeon

    Columba palumbus

  • Common chiffchaff

    Phylloscopus collybita

  • Common nightingale

    Luscinia megarhynchos

  • European robin

    Erithacus rubecula

  • Common redstart

    Phoenicurus phoenicurus

  • European serin

    Serinus serinus

  • Eurasian wren

    Troglodytes troglodytes

Mammals

04 records

  • European roe deer

    Capreolus capreolus

  • Eurasian water shrew

    Neomys fodiens

  • Eurasian red squirrel

    Sciurus vulgaris

  • Red fox

    Vulpes vulpes

Beetles

07 records

  • Rose chafer

    Cetonia aurata

  • White-spotted rose beetle

    Oxythyrea funesta

  • Harlequin ladybird

    Harmonia axyridis

  • Seven-spot ladybird

    Coccinella septempunctata

  • Lesser stag beetle

    Dorcus parallelipipedus

  • Bloody-nosed beetle

    Timarcha tenebricosa

  • Trichodes alvearius

    Trichodes alvearius

Gastropods

01 record

  • Copse snail

    Fruticicola fruticum

Bees, wasps and ants

08 records

  • Western honey bee

    Apis mellifera

  • Carpenter bee

    Xylocopa sp.

  • Buff-tailed bumblebee group

    Bombus gr. terrestris spp.

  • Common carder bee group

    Bombus gr. pascuorum spp.

  • Red-tailed bumblebee group

    Bombus gr. lapidarius spp.

  • Asian hornet

    Vespa velutina

  • European hornet

    Vespa crabro

  • Black-and-yellow mud dauber

    Sceliphron caementarium

Dragonflies and damselflies

03 records

  • Banded demoiselle

    Calopteryx splendens

  • White-legged damselfly

    Platycnemis pennipes

  • Broad-bodied chaser

    Libellula depressa

Grasshoppers and crickets

02 records

  • Great green bush-cricket

    Tettigonia viridissima

  • Wood cricket

    Nemobius sylvestris

Butterflies and moths

15 records

  • Gatekeeper

    Pyronia tithonus

  • Orange-tip

    Anthocharis cardamines

  • Common blue

    Polyommatus icarus

  • Holly blue

    Celastrina argiolus

  • Brimstone

    Gonepteryx rhamni

  • Small copper

    Lycaena phlaeas

  • Large tortoiseshell

    Nymphalis polychloros

  • Old World swallowtail

    Papilio machaon

  • Meadow brown

    Maniola jurtina

  • European peacock

    Aglais io

  • Small white

    Pieris rapae

  • Comma

    Polygonia c-album

  • Great banded grayling

    Brintesia circe

  • Silver-washed fritillary

    Argynnis paphia

  • Red admiral

    Vanessa atalanta

True bugs

04 records

  • Dock bug

    Coreus marginatus

  • Firebug

    Pyrrhocoris apterus

  • Sloe bug

    Dolycoris baccarum

  • Striped shield bug

    Graphosoma italicum

Reptiles

03 records

  • Barred grass snake

    Natrix helvetica

  • Green whip snake

    Hierophis viridiflavus

  • Common wall lizard

    Podarcis muralis

Terrains Communs records from the TCo_NET inventory, updated on 12 May 2026. Scientific names and groupings follow the original record; English common names are provided for readers. The inventory reflects the species recorded at that date.

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