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…
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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,…
Book Review – Private Italian Gardens by Paolo Pejrone
Private Italian Gardens by Paolo Pejrone Book review by Suzi Freitas I finally had a chance to look at Private Italian Gardens by Paolo Pejrone and it answered the question I have always had while traveling in Italy: What kind of garden is behind that wall? The photographs by Dario Fusaro are stunningly beautiful throughout…
