Friday, December 05, 2014

Une allée à la française





  1. These are lovely shots of Villandry, Walt...
    it is one of our favourte places to visit...
    surpassed only by the Chateau de Valmer...
    also for the gardens.

  2. The lime/linden/tilleuls are the real frame of the garden at Villandry. Once you get up high and look down you can see how it is really the lindens which divide the garden up into 'rooms', not the terraces or the box hedging. They are the reason the garden is organic too, because the gardeners use a biological control for a mite that eats the linden leaves in the summer making them look tatty if the problem is not dealt with. Using a biocontrol means they can't use insect/mite-icides. It's been a tremendous success though and gardeners, garden and visitors are all very happy with the results.

  3. The thing I think of as typically French is that the trees are so formally trimmed and trained.

  4. I am really enjoying seeing Villandry through your eyes and lens Walt.

  5. Walt, I thought I had commented but must not have. I said something about how you can see the allees with Google Satellite view.


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