Category: French Gardens

  • peaceful COURANCES france

    peaceful COURANCES france

    PEACE & BEAUTY – my wish for you. I am grateful for a two week trip of a lifetime to France in May – and one of the destinations en route from Paris to the Loire Valley was Courances, a garden of Peace and Beauty, so I am sharing it with you today as my…

  • perfect PATIO chair from FRANCE

    The sun peaked out for a few hours today and we sat on this patio for a Sunday afternoon coffee.  The metal patio chairs caught my eye as I recognized them from the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. This is the Medici fountain hidden away in the Luembourg Gardens, and here is a pair of the…

  • FRANCE finest formal garden VILLANDRY

    FRANCE finest formal garden VILLANDRY

    Chateau de Villandry is described as the last great Renaissance chateau built in the Loire Valley and is a perfect example of 16th century architecture.