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.
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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 ...
Fat or Fiction, “breaking down nutritional...
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Fat or Fiction, “breaking down nutritional information bite by bite” by
designers Anna Brooks, Christina Winkless and David Paul Rosser.
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....
3 commentaires:
j'ADORE le kimono et la "parapluie".
Moi aussi, surtout le parapluie avec toutes ces fleurs, j'en veux un comme ça!!!!!LOL
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