La Louve, a landscape in a garden
The garden of La Louve perches on the very edge of the hilltop town of Bonnieux, facing undulating hills of garrigue woodland. Entering through a dark doorway from the narrow village street, the Provençal light […]
Category Archives: Private gardens
Le Jardin Clos du Peyronnet – William Waterfield’s garden
Le Clos Peyronnet was bought by William Waterfield’s grandfather in 1912 and has remained in the family ever since. William is the last vestige of the era when British owners […]
Les Jardins d’Angélique, a romantic manor in Normandy
Les Jardins d’Angélique surround a 17th century manor house near Rouen where the owners, Gloria and Yves Lebellegard, created their garden in memory of their daughter Angelique. The grounds are […]
La Grande Maison, a permaculture potager in le Perche
On our way back to Paris from our summer holiday in Brittany, we stopped for the night at this former farm, now a chambre d’hôte set in the beautiful rolling […]
Peter’s Paradise – A London Detour
This blog post is not in Paris or even in France, but as my friend, Landscape Designer Peter Beardsley, opened his beautiful private garden to the public this summer, I […]
Jardins à l'Anglaise 