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Antoine, who has traveled the world to amass a deep knowledge of orchids, inspects our newest hanging garden: a lush floating landscape in eternal spring colors, filled with cascading orchids..
It’s a rare design opportunity to reimagine a garden beyond the ordinary and we can’t wait to see it grow to its full splendor!

Mingzhu Nerval, hanging orchid garden in Paris, 2026
Mingzhu Nerval, hanging orchid garden in Paris, 2026 Cymbidium Orchid
Mingzhu Nerval, hanging orchid garden in Paris, 2026 Dendrobium alexandrae X polysema

During our recent Paris team meeting, we took time to wander through the gardens of Versailles.. made even more special by Antoine’s passion for them. Having spent years exploring their secrets with expert guides, he led us to his favorite details and hidden wonders along the way.

Mingzhu Nerval Team workshop and Versailles garden tour in Paris, 2026 At the palace gate
Mingzhu Nerval Team workshop and Versailles garden tour in Paris, 2026 Admiring the Grand Perspective
Mingzhu Nerval Team workshop and Versailles garden tour in Paris, 2026 Apollo fountain

New project start!

2025-09-20

NOT A HOTEL is not a hotel, It’s a new way of living.

Based in Tokyo, the Japanese firms creates one-of-a-kind vacation homes around the globe with renowned architects, allowing owners to make new discoveries and find more enjoyments in their day-to-day lives.

After a careful selection, the creative team led by NIGO and Pharrell Williams found Mingzhu Nerval best fitting with their culture of “building with visionaries and the highest levels of craft, where every detail is engineered to excellence“.

We feel so honored, blessed and thankful! And for sure we will deliver the best! 🙂

Mingzhu Nerval landscape design with not a hotel

The 2025 Golden Pin Design Award selection took center stage at the Taipei Hakka Cultural Center, Taiwan, where a globally diverse jury gathered to celebrate the best in contemporary design, evaluating entries based on innovation, functionality, aesthetics, social impact, and overall execution. After a rigorous review process, a curated group of exceptional works earned the prestigious Golden Pin Design Mark. Congratulations to all winners!

We are thrilled to announce that Mingzhu Nerval’s Botany Academy was selected as 2025 recipients, recognized for our “commitment to design excellence and creative solution for sustainable practice.” The award not only affirms the believe in integrated design conversation but also highlights the transformative power of thoughtful design.

Mingzhu Nerval Golden pin Design Award Winners
Mingzhu Nerval Golden pin Design Award Winners
Mingzhu Nerval Golden pin Design Award Winners

Our team had the pleasure to visit the Maison Boucheron on Place Vendôme in Paris and gather inspiration from beautiful jewelry collections, works of art, antique pieces and so much more.

The garden we are creating for Boucheron will be built this winter, we can’t wait to see it growing to life !

Paris Team Workshop

2025-09-08

At least once a year, our team comes together in Paris for internal workshops, intensive project development, site visits and client meetings.

Mingzhu Nerval Team workshop in Paris, 2025
Mingzhu Nerval Team workshop in Paris, 2025
Mingzhu Nerval Construction site visit in Paris, 2025
Mingzhu Nerval Team workshop in Paris, 2025
Mingzhu Nerval Team workshop in Paris, 2025
Mingzhu Nerval Construction site visit in Paris, 2025

And with Michelin-chef Matthias Marc we elaborated a 9-course « immersion végétale » menu, and celebrated it with our clients and friends!

Mingzhu Nerval, Vegetarian dinner at SUBSTANCE, Paris

A Cymbidium sinense orchid is blooming at our Paris office.

As its name indicates, Cymbidium sinense is native to China, where it has been cultivated for centuries and referenced in both poetry and painting.

Cultivating Cymbidium sinense orchids in Mingzhu Nerval's Paris office
Cultivating Cymbidium sinense orchids in Mingzhu Nerval's Paris office
Cultivating Cymbidium sinense orchids in Mingzhu Nerval's Paris office
Cultivating Cymbidium sinense orchids in Mingzhu Nerval's Paris office Zhao Mengjian 赵孟坚(1199-1264), representing Cymbidium orchids

Il était un petit jardin… qui s’élançait sur les flots…

Quelle belle aventure que la création, sous le soleil et les vents, de ce jardin-terrasse sur le pont du Louis, levant l’ancre au cœur de Shanghai, appareillant pour un long voyage !

Louis Vuitton, « The Louis » , Shanghai 2025, Mingzhu Nerval Boutique Garden
Louis Vuitton, « The Louis » , Shanghai 2025, Mingzhu Nerval Boutique Garden
Louis Vuitton, « The Louis » , Shanghai 2025, Mingzhu Nerval Boutique Garden
Louis Vuitton, « The Louis » , Shanghai 2025, Mingzhu Nerval Boutique Garden
Louis Vuitton, « The Louis » , Shanghai 2025, Mingzhu Nerval Boutique Garden
Louis Vuitton, « The Louis » , Shanghai 2025, Mingzhu Nerval Boutique Garden
Louis Vuitton, « The Louis » , Shanghai 2025, Mingzhu Nerval Boutique Garden

Today our maintenance team has had the pleasure to admire a blooming Medillina magnifica at Bloom Restaurant.

Medillina magnifica in vertical garden by Mingzhu Nerval at Bloom Restaurant in Shanghai
Medillina magnifica in vertical garden by Mingzhu Nerval at Bloom Restaurant in Shanghai
Medillina magnifica in vertical garden by Mingzhu Nerval at Bloom Restaurant in Shanghai

Since 2018 we’ve been designing our work spaces and organisation so that each of us can work from wherever he/she wants… This freedom, inner peace, and energy is source of inspiration and fuels our creativity .

For example, Francesca who likes hiking in the mountains, lives in a small village high in the Italian alps. Mingzhu, who loves gardening in the countryside, and Antoine who loves swimming, spend a lot of  their time at our plant nursery in Brittany, on the Atlantic coast of France.

Mingzhu Nerval, Remote work in the Italian Alps & French Atlantic
Mingzhu Nerval, Remote work in the Italian Alps & French Atlantic

An eternal spring garden is in the making for the LVMH Headquarters in Paris.

LVMH Louis Vuitton Group and Mingzhu Nerval, Indoor Corporate Garden
LVMH Louis Vuitton Group and Mingzhu Nerval, Indoor Corporate Garden
Mingzhu Nerval, small vertical garden, Private Apartment in Paris, 2023
Mingzhu Nerval, small vertical garden, Private Apartment in Paris, 2023