The gardens are organized as a series of woodland clearings that illustrate the rural ethnobotany of the basses Cévennes region, representing typical woodland management, family farming, and shepherding. Their principal features are orchards and cereals of yesteryear; botanical, medieval, and herb gardens; beehives; dry stone walls; and a charcoal kiln. The gardens contain a range of local heirloom plants including more than 60 varieties of vines; 23 types of olive trees; fruits and berries including arbutus, elderberry, jujube, loquat, and mulberry; and vegetables from the Middle Ages including cabbage, chicory, leeks, lettuce, onions, spinach, turnips, and white beans.