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Shamrock Hydrangea Collection

The Shamrock Hydrangea Collection, Normandy

November 25, 2014by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

Early in September I visited the Shamrock Hydrangea collection in Varengeville-sur-mer near Dieppe in Normandy.  In this two hectare garden, husband and wife team, Corinne and Robert Mallet exhibit the […]

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Plant collections
Bloom jardin rouge Chaumont sur Loire

The Seven Deadly Sins – Festival International des Jardins at Chaumont-sur-Loire

October 27, 2014by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

The theme of this year’s Festival International des Jardins at Chaumont-sur-Loire is the Seven Deadly Sins, which are usually given as wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.  Every year, […]

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Garden festivals
Pumpkins St Jean de Beauregard

St Jean de Beauregard – La Fête des Plantes d’Automne

October 11, 2014by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

The Château of Saint Jean de Beauregard, just south-west of Paris, hosts a plant fair twice a year in spring and autumn. Along with the Les Journées des Plantes at […]

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Plant fairs
House and garden

La Grande Maison, a permaculture potager in le Perche

October 8, 2014by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

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 […]

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Private gardens

Les Jardins de Maizicourt, Picardy

September 24, 2014by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

In the grounds of a small early 18th century chateau near Abbeville in the Somme, Catherine Guevenoux has created a series of beautiful gardens.  She aquired the chateau in a […]

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Gardens open to the public

Peter’s Paradise – A London Detour

September 22, 2014by jardinsalanglaise 1 Comment

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 […]

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Private gardens

Le Jardin Plume, Normandy

July 18, 2014by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

  The Jardin Plume is beautiful private garden near Rouen created by owners Patrick et Sylvie Quibel.   Their design borrows many formal elements from traditional French gardens but these have […]

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Gardens open to the public

Les Journées des Plantes à Courson – Spring Edition

June 23, 2014by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

My visit to Les Journée des Plantes at Courson in May was on a perfect early summer’s day.  The trees were a fresh spring green and the stalls were a […]

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Plant fairs

Early Spring in the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont

June 2, 2014by jardinsalanglaise 1 Comment

The Parc de Buttes de Chaumont has to be the most theatrical park in Paris with rocky cliffs, romantic temples and grottos.  Built in the 1860’s on an old gypsum […]

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Public parks

Winter Colour and Scent in Paris – Parc Martin Luther King

February 9, 2014by jardinsalanglaise Leave a comment

The Parc Martin Luther King in the 17th arrondissement of Paris is full of colour and scent despite it being the middle of winter.  The mild weather means bulbs are […]

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