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 […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]