French Garden Visit - Eyrignac, Dordogne
Here is a video of a visit to the beautiful Eyrignac Garden in Dordogne, France in August 2015.
It was so inspiring that visitors spontaneously broke into song. And I got them on video :)
From Gardening at Douentza in Wexford, Ireland.
Gardens of Versailles - Virtual tour through the Gardens of Versailles (France)
Gardens of Versailles - Beautiful Virtual tour through the Gardens of the Palace of Versailles (France)
The Gardens of Versailles (French: Jardins du château de Versailles) occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of Versailles. Situated to the west of the palace, the gardens cover some 800 hectares of land, much of which is landscaped in the classic French Garden style perfected here by André Le Nôtre. Beyond the surrounding belt of woodland, the gardens are bordered by the urban areas of Versailles to the east and Le Chesnay to the north-east, by the National Arboretum de Chèvreloup to the north, the Versailles plain (a protected wildlife preserve) to the west, and by the Satory Forest to the south.
As part of le domaine national de Versailles et de Trianon, an autonomous public entity operating under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture, the gardens are now one of the most visited public sites in France, receiving more than six million visitors a year.
In addition to the meticulous manicured lawns, parterres of flowers, and sculptures are the fountains, which are located throughout the garden. Dating from the time of Louis XIV and still using much of the same network of hydraulics as was used during the Ancien Régime, the fountains contribute to making the gardens of Versailles unique. On weekends from late spring to early autumn, the administration of the museum sponsors the Grandes Eaux – spectacles during which all the fountains in the gardens are in full play.
In 1979, the gardens along with the château were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, one of thirty-one such designations in France.
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The Anne Frank Garden in Paris, France
The Anne Frank Garden is a small, secluded park in the center of Paris, not far from the Forum des Halles. It is so well hidden at the end of a tiny pedestrian street that many people don't know that it exists. This video shows the garden itself and how to get there.
Turn on closed captions to get narration for the video. It makes more sense with narration than without.
North-West France
What I saw there on my different visits to this area. I visited over 80 countries and decided to settle in Belize (see belize.net84.net),
Top 5 Castle Gardens in France
Top 5 Castle Gardens in France - as part of the travel series by GeoBeats.
Tour the gardens surrounding the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
TV Travel and garden host Robert Bornstein tours the gardens of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France.
For Sale Loire France
For sale country house in France 3 hrs drive from Paris, 1 Hour south of Tours in the Loire Valley, Land, Pool, Veg & fruit, space for animals, out buildings, much potential and inexpensive running costs, please e-mail gardenoffrance@gmail.com for more information. Very relaxed place to live, 15 minutes from the medieval market town of Loches.
Jardin du Luxembourg | Luxembourg Garden - Paris, France (Fall | Autumn)
Jardin du Luxembourg | Luxembourg Garden - Paris, France. Fall | Autumn. The Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Garden, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she constructed, the Luxembourg Palace. The garden today is owned by the French Senate, which meets in the Palace. It covers 23 hectares and is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, flowerbeds, the model sailboats on its circular basin, and for the picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620.
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Filoli Garden - An American Beauty
Music: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn
Filoli is a country house set in 16 acres of formal gardens surrounded by a 654-acre estate, located in Woodside, California, about 25 miles south of San Francisco, at the southern end of Crystal Springs Lake, on the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Filoli is open to the public. The site is both a California Historical Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 16 acres (6.5 ha) of gardens are structured as a series of formally enclosed spaces framed within brick walls and clipped hedges, which open one from another, providing long axial views, in which profuse naturalized plantings of hardy and annual plants contrast with lawns, brick and gravel paths, formal reflecting pools, framed in walls and clipped hedging in box, holly, laurel and yew (illustration, right) and punctuated by massive terracotta pots and many narrowly columnar Irish yews, originally grown on the estate from cuttings. Filoli is an outstanding example of the Anglo-American gardening style reintroducing Italian formality, that was pioneered at the end of the nineteenth century by Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll in British gardens and exemplified in the U.S. by designs of Charles A. Platt and Beatrix Farrand.[10]
The gardens extend southeast of the house running up an easy slope. The sunken garden is the first of four main rooms; the rectangular pool at its center that houses hardy and tropical water lilies is flanked by twin panels of lawn and two olive trees, within the hedge of clipped Japanese yew. The walled garden consists of a series of enclosures, including the rose window design outlined in clipped box
After it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1975, Filoli has been open for public tours. Attractions include self-guided tours, guided tours, and nature hikes. The formal gardens include several areas, including the Wedding Place, especially designed for Berenice Roth's wedding. Lurline and Berenice both had their wedding receptions at Filoli, but Berenice's wedding is the only one that has ever taken place at Filoli. The largest gardens are working gardens for the production of cut flowers for the mansion and for the growing of some vegetables.
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