Let a staple of a the classic French garden inspire you in the kitchen. Lavender punches up this special cocktail recipe and makes a great addition to shortbread. BEE’S KNEES This is an old-fashioned cocktail and often considered the gin drink for the non-gin drinker. Your house will smell like the middle of summer in…
Contained in our blog, Eye on the Garden, you will find interviews with garden professionals, landscape architects, designers and contractors discussing topics ranging from water conservation, how they choose a particular planter, to their design aesthetic. We also often include a story on one of our manufacturers or a new shipment that has arrived at Eye of the Day. We like to showcase garden related books in a monthly review and share a seasonal recipe and cocktail. Brent shares his wanderings in and out of his garden and we’re always on the lookout for new topics to discuss in Eye on the Garden.
Elements of French Garden Design
Elements of French Garden Design The classic French garden invokes images of bright lavender, ordered gravel paths, calm reflecting pools, symmetrical planting beds of boxwoods and shrubs—maybe a stone bench waiting for someone to rest on it. The Old World charm of French gardens fits beautifully with classic country homes and chateaus or today’s modern…
My Top 5 Gardens of France
My Top 5 Gardens of France It’s all things French this month. Suzi gives a tour of her favorite gardens of France. She’s got a few in Paris and one from the Loire Valley. 1. Jardin des Tuileries The oldest public garden in Paris, the Jarden des Tuileries was built for Catherine de Medici in…
The History of Versailles Citrus Planter Boxes
The History of Versailles Citrus Planter Boxes When you think of Louis XIV, you automatically picture the Palace of Versailles with its perfectly manicured gardens, fountains and the iconic Versailles citrus planter boxes designed by Andre Le Notre. A French landscape architect and the head gardener of King Louis XIV of France, Le Notre’s work…
Your Potager | Making a French Kitchen Garden
A Potager – Your French Kitchen Garden Votre Potager Francais In France the kitchen garden, or “potager” is centered on vegetables and herbs and is typically an informal design perfectly in tune with nature. The garden can be a place where local fauna, including insects, birds and reptiles feel at home. Great promoters of biodiversity,…
Frostproof Terracotta Pottery – A Worthwhile Investment
Frostproof Terracotta Pottery – A Worthwhile Investment You have just designed a garden in an area where it snows and freezes, and the temperature goes from freeze to thaw, freeze to thaw for weeks and months on end. You are putting the finishing touches to the project with garden art you chose, approved by your…
