Jardins & Santé

What Jardins & Santé does

Jardins & Santé is a French nonprofit association (loi 1901) founded in 2004, headquartered in Paris with its registered office at the École Nationale Supérieure de Paysage (ENSP) in Versailles. The association's mission is to enable hospitalized patients and residents of medical-social facilities to benefit from therapeutic gardens (jardins à visée thérapeutique, or JAVT). It serves French hospitals, EHPADs (nursing homes), specialized medical-social institutions (IME, FAM), psychiatric clinics, and rehabilitation centers, and works alongside a national network of roughly 60 private garden owners ("jardins généreux") who open their gardens to the public to generate donations.

The association's core "products" are not commercial but programmatic: a quality label (Label Jardins & Santé) for certified therapeutic gardens, biennial international symposiums (seven held since 2008), research grants (Bourses JAVT) to clinicians — cumulative 57,000€ across 2005–2014 — and a participatory crowdfunding mechanism (mécénat participatif) launched in 2022 for individual garden-construction projects. It operates a community-led go-to-market anchored by five regional delegate teams (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine), a Scientific Committee of senior clinicians, and event-based fundraising through garden open days priced at 4–6€ per visitor.

Revenue is entirely grant- and donation-based: garden entry fees, annual membership dues, individual donations, restricted project grants, and the crowdfunding channel. The organization employs six people, is led since January 2024 by president Andrew Alston (with founder Anne Chahine as honorary president), and is governed by a board of directors supported by institutional partners including ENSP, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, FFJNS, Green Link, and Fondation Lemarchand. No technology platform, software product, or AI capability is operated.

Name

Jardins & Santé

Legal name

Association loi 1901 Jardins & Santé

Website

https://jardins-sante.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jardins & Santé is a French nonprofit association founded in 2004 that funds and labels therapeutic gardens in hospitals, EHPADs, and medical-social facilities, connecting private garden owners, regional delegates, clinicians, and donors across France.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Therapeutic Gardens Nonprofit Healthcare

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

Keywords

• Therapeutic garden funding
• Hortitherapy research grants
• Nonprofit healthcare gardens
• Community garden donations
• Participatory crowdfunding patronage

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and membership fees: The association raises funds through public donations, membership fees (adhésions), and contributions collected during open garden days, where visitors pay entry fees that are fully donated to the association.
2. Participatory crowdfunding (mécénat participatif): Jardins & Santé runs targeted crowdfunding campaigns for specific therapeutic garden construction projects in healthcare facilities. The first campaign for Passerelles de la Dombes raised 5,000 € in 3 weeks.
3. Garden entry fees: Private garden owners open their gardens to the public; all entry fee revenue is collected by regional delegates and remitted to the association to fund therapeutic garden grants.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Jardins & Santé is a French nonprofit association (loi 1901) founded in 2004 that funds, supports, and promotes the creation of therapeutic gardens (Jardins à Visée Thérapeutique, JAVT) in hospitals, EHPADs (nursing homes), and medical-social facilities. It raises money through private garden open days, donations, membership fees, and targeted crowdfunding campaigns; awards research grants (Bourses JAVT) to clinical teams; runs a quality label (Label Jardins & Santé) for recognized therapeutic gardens; and hosts biennial international symposiums to disseminate hortitherapy research.

Product overview

Jardins & Santé operates as a non-profit association (loi 1901) dedicated to bringing therapeutic gardens to hospitals and medical-social facilities. The organization functions as a unified mission-driven entity offering several interconnected programs: organizing visits to private gardens (Jardins Ouverts) as a fundraising mechanism, providing participatory crowdfunding (Mécénat Participatif) for specific garden projects, awarding a quality label (Label Jardins & Santé) to recognized therapeutic gardens, hosting international symposiums for knowledge sharing, and distributing research grants (Bourses JAVT) to support both garden creation and clinical research. The association connects private garden owners, healthcare institutions, medical professionals, and landscape architects to advance therapeutic horticulture in France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Visites de Jardins Privés (Jardins Ouverts / Jardins Généreux) Program where private garden owners open their gardens to the public for a small entry fee (typically 4-6 euros per person), with all proceeds remitted to the association to fund therapeutic garden creation in healthcare facilities.
• Mécénat Participatif (Participatory Crowdfunding) Targeted online crowdfunding campaigns enabling donors to finance the creation of specific therapeutic gardens in hospitals and medical-social facilities, with rewards or recognition for donors.
• Label Jardins & Santé Quality label awarded to therapeutic gardens that meet specific standards established by the association for design, implementation, and therapeutic use in healthcare settings.
• Symposiums J&S (International Symposiums) Biennial international symposiums bringing together healthcare professionals, landscape architects, and researchers to share knowledge on therapeutic gardens and hortitherapy.
• Bourses JAVT (Therapeutic Garden Grants and Research Grants) Financial grants awarded to healthcare establishments to support the creation and development of therapeutic gardens, and to clinical researchers for garden-based therapy studies (e.g., 57,000 euros across five research projects from 2005-2014).
• Jardin à Visée Thérapeutique (JAVT) Projects Therapeutic garden projects created in partnership with hospitals and medical-social establishments (e.g., 'Art, mémoire et vie' at CHU Nancy in 2010, 'Jardin de Vies' at Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon, Jardin TEP at Accueil Savoie Handicap in 2024-2025) designed to improve patient well-being and support recovery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 57,000 euros in clinical research grants awarded between 2005 and 2014, funding 5 major research projects on epilepsy, autism, migraine, fear of falling, and cerebral palsy.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• outSide (landscape design)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022outSide participated as a key partner in the design and construction of the ephemeral 50 m² therapeutic garden at 'Jardins, jardin' in the Tuileries, Paris, in June 2022.
• LGA - La Générale d'AménagementsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partner in the design and construction of the ephemeral therapeutic garden at 'Jardins, jardin' 2022 in the Tuileries.
• AIA Life DesignersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partner in the design and construction of the ephemeral therapeutic garden at 'Jardins, jardin' 2022 in the Tuileries.
• Parcs et Jardins de l'OiseminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Organized a three-day trip to Pays d'Auge for members of Parcs et Jardins de l'Oise to visit private gardens. The trip generated contributions that funded the therapeutic garden 'Jardin de Vies' at Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon in Paris.
• École Nationale Supérieure de Paysage (ENSP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENSP in Versailles is the co-founding institutional partner of Jardins & Santé. The association's official registered office is located at ENSP, and the two organizations co-organize international symposiums and collaborate on research, education, and professional development in therapeutic garden design.
• Institut Agro Rennes-AngerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe association co-organizes its international symposiums with Institut Agro Rennes-Angers. Gilles Galopin, an associate professor at the institute, serves on the Scientific Committee, contributing expertise in plant physiology and therapeutic garden research.
• Fédération Française Jardins Nature et Santé (FFJNS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFFJNS is a key strategic partner with overlapping mission goals. The two organizations co-host symposiums, roundtables, and professional events, and share expertise in hortitherapy and therapeutic garden practice.
• André Eve & TectonaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorA partner nursery and horticultural company referenced on the association's partner page, supplying rose varieties and garden plants that support the association's activities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Green Care Coalition: European-level network advocating the use of nature-based interventions in health and social care; a thematically related umbrella that helps frame policy and research in hortitherapy across Europe.

Direct peers

• American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA): US-based professional association advancing horticultural therapy as a therapeutic and rehabilitative modality; shares the same therapeutic-garden-in-healthcare focus and serves as the international benchmark organization.
• Thrive UK: UK charity using gardening to bring about positive changes in the lives of people living with disabilities or ill health; operates therapeutic garden programs and social/therapeutic horticulture services analogous to Jardins & Santé's mission.
• Fédération Française Jardins Nature et Santé (FFJNS): French federation with overlapping mission to promote hortitherapy and therapeutic gardens; co-hosts symposiums and professional events with Jardins & Santé and represents the most direct peer in France.

Broad incumbents

• Fondation de France: France's largest grantmaking foundation, distributing over 250M EUR annually across health, research, and social causes; operates a broad portfolio in which therapeutic-garden and health-research grants are a small subset.
• Fondation des Hôpitaux: Large French health-focused foundation funding hospital projects across France; serves as a broader incumbent whose grantmaking to hospitals includes some quality-of-life and pediatric initiatives overlapping with therapeutic-garden funding.
• Fondation Médéric Alzheimer: French foundation dedicated to Alzheimer's disease research and quality of life for affected persons; funds non-pharmacological therapeutic initiatives including garden-based interventions relevant to Jardins & Santé's portfolio.

Emerging players

• Maggie's Centres: UK charity providing cancer support centers with architect-designed therapeutic garden spaces; an adjacent operator whose center-and-garden model could inform Jardins & Santé's French facility partnerships.

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

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