I'm a French gardener, passionated about all gardens. I live 35 km north from Paris. I have made a small tropical garden with my husband Lucien, who is garden designer. I work as art director for printed advertising.
rendez-vous aux jardins
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La 10è édition des Rendez-vous aux jardins commence le vendredi 1er juin
pour 3 jours. Pour cette occasion, 2 200 jardins en France, privés ou
publics, son...
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[image: workday]
Our first annual memorial day work weekend at Worlds End.
I am moved beyond words by the enthusiasm, strength and stamina of this
crew. T...
Hughette Caland
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Née à Beyrouth au Liban en 1931, Huguette Caland est la seule fille du
premier président de la République du Liban. Elle a commencé à peindre à
l'âge de 16...
Visite du marais de Sacy
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Vendredi 25 mai, nous étions une cinquantaine d'adhérents pour visiter le
marais de Sacy.
Voici l'étang de Ghislaine. Nous avons pique-niqué dans ce beau ...
Greens from the roof
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A salad for one: the perk and pepper of nasturtium, the sweet crunch of
fava bean leaves, the soft spots of trout lettuce. And some lamb's quarters
(a.k...
Garden Art Sale promotion begins!
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Looks like it's gonna' have to happen now. No turning back. The
Buffalo-style Garden Art Sale committee is leader Barbara Maze (longtime
Allentown Art Fes...
Sculpture and Color
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*It feels so strange to vandalize your own work.*
Painting the faux bronze patina on the Bouquet for the City triptych left
me with cans of bright blue sp...
yarn bombing_Ute Lennartz-Lembeck
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Yarn bombing
Ute Lennartz-Lembeck e la sua installazione di filati colorati sugli
alberi.
guerilla garden con l'uncinetto!
foto via stoneartblog....
Choisir des végétaux adaptés à son jardin
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Bougainvillée conquérant (famille botanique des Nyctaginaceae).
Péloponnèse, avril 2012.
Voilà ce qui arrive lorsqu'on néglige l'entretien !
D'où l'impor...
The Forest Takes. I Push back
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If only I had had a little more time before the bloggers arrived to do some weeding. Things were a bit too hectic though for me to do much more than weed wha...
Valérianes en bord de Seine
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Belle découverte fleurie sur les rives de la Seine le long de l'Île aux
Cygnes (Paris 15e). Les valérianes des jardins (Centranthus ruber) se sont
installé...
Memorial Day Weekend
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Both of my crews combined yesterday to plant annuals in containers and in
the ground at one of our big jobs. We finished up about 3:30. It was the
consen...
summer camp for locavores
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From the Wikipedia entry: “A locavore is a person interested in eating food
that is locally produced, not moved long distances to market.” I’ve been
hint...
The Old Farm Gate
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One of my first cousins passed away last week, he was far too young. A memory I have of all of us when we were youngsters is of gathering down by the 'old fa...
Sojourn
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Memorial Day Weekend — three days that signal the official beginning of
Summer — is on now … and already ticking away. My first official act is to
get up e...
Brèves nouvelles
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Quelques photos trop vite faites cette semaine. Les lecteurs de tous les continents sont au fait du Grand Changement qui a eu lieu dans mon attrape-plante : ...
Quercus phellos, Bad Landscaping and Eminent Domain
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Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is my second favorite oak, live oak (Q. virginiana) being my first. I like the tree for several reasons, primarily because they...
A New Kid Makes Good
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Ordered in late March and planted in April , 'Symphytum 'Axminister Gold'
has already made a statement in the mid spring garden. Though the blooms
are not...
Rain, rain
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Endless rain, seemingly, has everything shooting up at amazing speed,
including weeds. Local grasses are in flower, creating a kind of foggy haze
over the ...
Weekend Things
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I can hardly believe that it is Memorial Day weekend! May came and went in
a flash. I am spending my weekend catching up in the garden, writing my
heart ...
Snapshots
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These are a few little disposable camera snaps from our inaugural Elmwood
trip last weekend. We got home 6 days ago and I'm still floating...
Bourse aux plantes à Aulnois sur Seille
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Il est des découvertes qui se révèlent être de très agréables surprises.
Dimanche matin en fut une. Direction la Moselle et le château d'Aulnois sur
Seil...
Michelle Quan’s Garden Bells
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It’s not often that artwork stops me in my tracks the way artist Michelle
Quan’s does. Her stoneware bells and tree garlands carry a meditative,
weighty sp...
flower ID: allium
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pretty allium from my garden. I had planted the bulbs in the fall with
Raquel and we were excited to see them bloom so lovely and purple for a few
rec...
Schreiner's Iris Garden
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[image: Schreiners Header copy]
This past weekend I wasn't quite in the mood to actually tackle any of the
projects around the house or garden...and was loo...
Ballade en Suisse au Parc Seleger
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C'est dans un ancienne tourbière près de Zurich que se trouve la plus
grande collection de Rhododendrons et d'Azalés de Suisse.
On y trouve une collection ...
B Side
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Hey there.
The reason I title this post B side, is that I finally got around to
labeling the frames. I put a number on top and a number and A or B on the
...
Househunting in Singapore
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I'm just leaving for a househunting - or maybe an apartment hunting - trip
in Singapore. On the top of the 'required features' list is a large balcony
or...
So Long San Francisco
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We left town last Sunday and have been on a whirlwind road trip to Big Sur,
the Central Coast, Santa Barbara, Yosemite and now South Lake Tahoe. In a
coupl...
10 Beautiful Ideas for Herb Garden
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Shall I say
that herb garden is a must in any garden whether it’s a modern villa or urban balcony.
You benefit from your own herb garden more than just pleas...
Belize Zoo
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A fabulous little visit,
“The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center was started in 1983, as a
last ditch effort to provide a home for a collection of ...
Happy Arbor Day
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Hundred year old magnolias planted as seeds or cuttings in the Bishop's
Close Garden in PortlandArbor Day is a national holiday in the United
States that f...
So...The San Francisco Flower and Garden Show
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Sigh. Was it just me this year? I felt totally unengaged. Unispired.
Uninterested. Don't get me wrong, there were some interesting moments. I'll
show those...
Pacific Orchid Expo
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The Pacific Orchid Expo hit San Francisco this past weekend.
Lots of beautiful orchids .
The San Francisco Bromeliad Society was invited to install a display...
VILLA DEL VALLE
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Do you need to get away, take a holiday.
Does some sun and sand sound pretty good right now, check out this
website http://www.sunandsandgetaways.com/ ....
Peter Piper Misses the Party
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They were planted in late April. What was once a few plants quickly became
an impenetrable forest. Soon, picking occurred primarily along the forest
edge....
4 commentaires:
Quelle finesse!
vraiment joli,
bon réveillon &
bonne fin 2011 Delphine ;-)
Superbe ! Chère Delphine, je te souhaite une très belle et heureuse année 2012, avec bonheur, santé et réussite pour toi et tes proches. Bises.
encore une belle découvert.
cela se rapproche des thématique que j'aborde.
J'aime vraiment beaucoup.
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