In the Loiret it is a tradition to visit the the market and buy locally produced fruit and vegetables.

From potatoes to beetroot, green beans to flageolet beans, from leeks to courgettes, from carrots to cabbages and well as shallots and garlic, not forgetting onions and all the various varieties of lettuce, and naturally the renowned Val de Loire asparagus, the Loiret offers you all the best produce from its vegetable garden.

A quick trip to the North of the region will enable you to discover our cereal crops, making up such an important part of our daily diet.

In our orchards, located mainly in the river valley, you will find that every season of the year is mild and temperate. Starting with the Spring and early Summer, with cherries in abundance in the areas around Olivet and Cléry St. André, then strawberries, raspberries, red currents and blackberries, to arrive at Autumn with apples and pears ripening through the Winter months, such as the Passe-Crassane, this fleshy and juicy pear reflecting so well the generosity of our region.

Whether it is for flowers, fruit or vegetables, the LOIRET really is the GARDEN OF PARIS