Château du Blanc Buisson takes team-building days, study days, company evenings, residential seminars and weddings for 8 to 350 people. It has three event halls, an inner courtyard and a listed 12-hectare park, and every event is held with the estate privatized. The château stands at Saint-Pierre-du-Mesnil, in the commune of Mesnil-en-Ouche, Eure, in the Pays d'Ouche area of Normandy.
Seminars and company events
The owners have more than 30 years of event experience and sell four corporate formats. The team-building day takes 20 to 250 people. The study day suits 20 to 250 and comes with breaks, meals and a dedicated contact from the first call to the day itself. The company evening or gala goes up to 350. The residential seminar sleeps 8 to 10 people in single rooms, with the estate reserved for the group.
Team activities include a life-size Cluedo, a falconry display, a custom escape game, sports challenges, public speaking coaching, a cooking workshop, theater, yoga, wine tasting and a guided tour of the castle. Groups can also visit the methanization farm that heats the estate. For evenings, the team can add music, an equestrian show, medieval games and fireworks, with lighting of the estate.
Weddings and receptions
The estate has hosted weddings since 2019. Two formulas are offered, both with exclusive use from Friday 5 p.m. to Sunday 5 p.m. With the rental formula, the couple organizes the day with a booklet of tested suppliers, and the team receives and sets up the suppliers on the day. With the VIP formula, the team handles the whole organization, including catering, drinks, photographer, flowers, DJ and furniture for 200. The Bergerie and the courtyard serve as a rain option for the cocktail, and the Orangerie can be booked as a supervised children's room.
Rooms and capacities
The Palais de Verre is a 350 m² glass hall facing the château, for 300 at dinner and 350 for an evening; it is also the plenary room for up to 300. The Bergerie covers 100 m² in the inner courtyard, for 80 at dinner and 100 for a cocktail or a meeting. The Orangerie covers 55 m² and suits a board meeting of up to 30 or a dinner for 20. The inner courtyard and its gardens cover about 1,500 m². The site has sound equipment, furniture, wifi, a video projector, a caterer's area and a large parking area.
Accommodation
The château sleeps up to 15 people. La Suite du Donjon offers guest rooms in the keep, and La Réserve is a self-catering cottage with a sauna. A heated outdoor pool is available to residents.
Catering
There is no in-house restaurant. The team works with local chefs and tested caterers. The VIP wedding formula includes a caterer for the cocktail and dinner, tableware, linen and a wine and champagne package.
History and setting
The Blanc Buisson was built in 1290, under Philip the Fair, by the Collinet-Lecomte family, as a fortified house to protect local farmers. It was besieged in 1355, then passed in 1474 to the du Merle family, who kept it for more than three centuries. Over seven centuries it has belonged to only three families. The house combines sandstone and brick, with a square keep topped by five bartizans, an inner drawbridge, a moat and a walled courtyard with towers. The de La Fresnaye family restored it over about twenty years and still lives there. The park has been listed since 1850.
Getting there
The estate is 125 km from Paris, 50 km from Rouen, 40 km from Évreux, 30 km from Lisieux and 20 km from Bernay or L'Aigle. It is 12 minutes from the motorway and 20 minutes from an SNCF station, with shuttles possible.
