The Shamrock Hydrangea Collection, Normandy
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 […]
The Seven Deadly Sins – Festival International des Jardins at Chaumont-sur-Loire
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, […]
St Jean de Beauregard – La Fête des Plantes d’Automne
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 […]
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 […]
Les Jardins de Maizicourt, Picardy
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 […]
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 […]
Le Jardin Plume, Normandy
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 […]
Les Journées des Plantes à Courson – Spring Edition
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 […]
Early Spring in the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
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 […]
Winter Colour and Scent in Paris – Parc Martin Luther King
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 […]
