Fête de la nature - Special 20th edition!

On May 23 and 24, 2026, Métropole TPM invites you to celebrate the 20th Fête de la Nature at the Espace Nature des Vieux Salins d'Hyères. On the program: events, nature outings, workshops, exhibitions and fun for all, in the heart of an exceptional natural site.

Highlights :
Inauguration: Saturday, May 23, 11 a.m.
Birdwatching (continuous on the Saint-Nicolas levee)
Photographic exhibition by Letizia Le Fur
La saga des plantes libres" exhibition
Fun activities: pedal merry-go-round, wooden games, donkey rides
Food truck or free picnic

Country talks (Sous le pin)

10am: Musical moment (handpan)
10:30 am: Entomological outing
11am: "Drawings in the salt marshes
12pm: Musical moment
1:30 pm: "Drawings in the salt marshes
2pm: "History of the salt marshes
3pm: Musical moment
3:30pm: Entomological outing
4pm: "Drawings in the salt marshes
4:30 pm: Storytelling for all
5:30pm: Musical moment

Nature outings (departure from "arts and environment" village)

10:30 am: Botanical outing
11am: Scientific monitoring of cistudes
11:30 am: Discovering reptiles
1:30 pm: Discovering reptiles
15h : Reptiles discovery
3:30 pm: Geological outing
16h : Ornithological outing
17h : Reptiles discovery

Nature at night (Saturday May 23)

9pm: Nocturnal tales
La p'tite rhinolophe qui ne veut plus être une chauve-souris" ("The little rhinolophus who doesn't want to be a bat anymore")
10pm: Discovery of astronomy and nocturnal fauna

Arts & Environment Village & Stands (10am - 6pm)

Salt marshes, biodiversity, coastal paths, forest massifs, sea turtles and cetaceans, ornithology, reptiles, European pond terrapin, invasive alien species, participative science, waste, collective fresco...
Workshops

Modeling, drawing, make-up, cyanotype, art paper, ink making, nature creations...