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Inspiration from Monet…
In September of 2008, I had the great opportunity to visit Paris and Giverny. My travelling companion and I went, essentially, for two reasons – to eat and relax… and we did both in great quantities.
One of the most amazing places we visited was a small town called Giverny, about an hour northwest of Paris. Giverny was the town where Claude Monet (of Impressionist painting fame), and his wife kept a GORGEOUS house – large, but distinctly a “farm” house. Sadly, we were forbidden from taking photos inside of the house, but I recommend visiting the Giverny page HERE to see photos of Monet’s kitchen. Absolutely exquisite.
But it was in the gardens where I was most amazed – first was the main gardens at the front of the house, but there is also the Japanese water garden, where his famous water lilies reside – yes, those would be the water lilies of his most known paintings.
When I’m contemplating my garden for this year, I turn back to these photos, and consider the decidedly French techniques employed – using every square inch possible, and making the plants and flowers be the star of the show.
I’m off to do more research on the French kitchen garden, or potager, that we’ve written about before.
I suspect there will be new ideas…
Tags:No TagsPosted by Les on February 17th, 2009 under Field Trips, Garden Planning
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