This sculpture by Joachim Van Den Hurk echoes the verticality of the cypress. The iron rod on the top turns in the wind.
Photos Perdereau Mon Jardin & Ma Maison.
All images from here.
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Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Autumn Colours in Gascony
A glorious garden in Gascony in the southwest of France reminiscent of the Tuscan scenery. It was designed and made by the owner, Madelaine, in terraces to link with the surrounding nature.
This sculpture by Joachim Van Den Hurk echoes the verticality of the cypress. The iron rod on the top turns in the wind.
Photos Perdereau Mon Jardin & Ma Maison.
All images from here.
This sculpture by Joachim Van Den Hurk echoes the verticality of the cypress. The iron rod on the top turns in the wind.
Photos Perdereau Mon Jardin & Ma Maison.
All images from here.
Monday, 21 November 2011
Classic Garden
Second post for you today, beauty seekers. Sometimes I come across stunning homes and gardens, and even if we cannot see the interiors (and, oh, how I'd love to!) I believe they are worth showing.
This 17th century manor house is located in Loiret, France, and is known as the Grand Courtoiseau. The magnificent grounds bear the label "Remarkable Garden" awarded by the French ministry of Culture.
Photography by Georges Lévêque
All images from here.
This 17th century manor house is located in Loiret, France, and is known as the Grand Courtoiseau. The magnificent grounds bear the label "Remarkable Garden" awarded by the French ministry of Culture.
Photography by Georges Lévêque
All images from here.
Friday, 16 September 2011
Floral Park Apremont-sur-Allier
Second post for you today.
Floral Park Apremont-sur-Allier, in France, is simply breathtaking. Open to the public in 1977, it receives around 40,000 annual visitors. Here is part of the story behind it.
As a teenager, Gilles de Brissac visited England and and was spellbound by its wonderful gardens. At the end of the summer of his fifteenth birthday, Gilles returned to France and started passionately to restructure the gardens of the family castle in the Chevreuse Valley, under the watchful eye of his mother May, Duchesse de Brissac. Continuing his training, especially alongside Russell Page and Charles de Noailles, and perfecting his taste by visiting gardens around the world, Gilles becomes a professional landscape gardener.
Thirty years later, he became a landscape painter, and created one of the most beautiful parks in France.
Until his death in 2002, Gilles de Brissac continued refining his work. Today, the torch was taken over by his sister, Elvira.
The pergola is covered with white, fragrant clusters of wisteria, Wisteria floribunda 'Alba'.
Photography by Patrick Smith.
All images and information from here.
A lovely weekend to you my friends!
Floral Park Apremont-sur-Allier, in France, is simply breathtaking. Open to the public in 1977, it receives around 40,000 annual visitors. Here is part of the story behind it.
As a teenager, Gilles de Brissac visited England and and was spellbound by its wonderful gardens. At the end of the summer of his fifteenth birthday, Gilles returned to France and started passionately to restructure the gardens of the family castle in the Chevreuse Valley, under the watchful eye of his mother May, Duchesse de Brissac. Continuing his training, especially alongside Russell Page and Charles de Noailles, and perfecting his taste by visiting gardens around the world, Gilles becomes a professional landscape gardener.
Thirty years later, he became a landscape painter, and created one of the most beautiful parks in France.
Until his death in 2002, Gilles de Brissac continued refining his work. Today, the torch was taken over by his sister, Elvira.
The pergola is covered with white, fragrant clusters of wisteria, Wisteria floribunda 'Alba'.
Photography by Patrick Smith.
All images and information from here.
A lovely weekend to you my friends!
Friday, 24 June 2011
Interiors and Gardens by Sandy Koepke
Interior and garden designer Sandy Koepke works in Southern California. I love all of her rooms and outdoor spaces. Maybe you do too.
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