07/27/2026

A garden for the future, a territory on a human scale

On July 16, the Jardin François Avois was inaugurated in the presence of François de Canson, vice-president of the Région Sud.

RGBy Rédaction Gazette du VarJournalist 19 August 2025 Reading time: 2 min
Un jardin pour l’avenir, un territoire à hauteur d’homme
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A simple, essential moment, deeply rooted in local life, at the heart of the village. This green space embodies a strong local commitment, serving all generations. From his very first words, François de Canson set the tone: 'There are days when politics regains its most noble meaning: that of acting for people's lives, with intelligence, simplicity, and constancy.'

For him, this was not just a simple series of technical inaugurations, but 'a demonstration of what a commune can be when it is well-governed, well-supported, and well-anchored in reality. A modernized school group conceived as a campus of local life, a bypass road that opens up and calms the area, and this garden at the heart of the village, a true breath of fresh air offered to all generations. To educate, to connect, to breathe.

Here is a concrete and coherent triptych of public action.'

Named in tribute to François Avois, this garden extends the presence of the neighboring Maison Avois and places this site in an intergenerational continuity, between local memory and youth on the move. 'This is not about great monuments, but about small, essential places. This garden is the soul of a commune that still believes in proximity, in childhood, and in the beauty of social bonds.

The great modernity of investing in silence, peace, play, the shade of trees, and the great dignity of offering children public spaces that are not waiting zones, but places of awakening.'

BOLD COMMUNE He paid tribute to Jean Cayron, the mayor, praising 'the clarity of [his] municipal project. In Roquebrune, nothing is left to chance. There is a direction, there is logic, and above all, there is a determination: to move the commune forward for the benefit of everyone.

Jean Cayron embodies this generation of elected officials who seek neither the spotlight nor shortcuts, but choose the demanding path of concrete, sustainable, and shared action.'

Un jardin pour l’avenir, un territoire à hauteur d’homme

This action is what the Région Sud supports through the 'Nos Communes d'Abord' program, allowing each commune to obtain up to €200,000 per year for concrete, useful, and visible projects. Here in Roquebrune, we did not invest in scenery, but in the essentials.' The Jardin François Avois is the symbol of another way of doing politics, that is to say, one that restores meaning to the territory, to proximity, and to the attention paid to children, families, and local memory.

'The local is the universal within reach. This garden is not simply a green space; it is the silent expression of a territory that still believes in the future. Let us continue this patient and useful work together.

Let us continue to build territories on a human scale. Places that protect, connect, and uplift. Territories that resemble this garden: open, rooted, and fully alive.'

Reaffirming his commitment and that of the Région Sud alongside the communes, François de Canson concluded: 'In this Republic of reality, communes are our front lines. You know you can count on my support today and tomorrow.'

Photo PRESSE AGENCE.