Tag Archives: France

St Fiacre

Posted on 31/08/2024 by The Garden History Blog

Happy St Fiacre’s Day! You’ve just got time to organise a party for the patron saint of gardening, whose “official” feast day in most places  is today – 31st August. But don’t worry if you can’t celebrate today, because in … Continue reading →

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The royal gardens of Amboise – past and present

Posted on 15/07/2023 by The Garden History Blog

I helped lead a Gardens Trust tour last autumn round gardens of the Loire Valley.  Almost our last port of call was the great early Renaissance chateau of Amboise where a series of  new gardens have  been installed in recent … Continue reading →

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Queen Elizabeth and the Flower Markets of Paris

Posted on 27/05/2023 by The Garden History Blog

Although lots of things have been named in honour of Queen Elizabeth you might be surprised to know that one of them is  the main flower market in Paris.  This occupies a small square and the adjacent riverside on  the … Continue reading →

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Cutting Edge Technology

Posted on 05/11/2022 by The Garden History Blog

There can’t be many garden tools that have caused hundreds of people to demonstrate in the streets against their  introduction. But that’s precisely what happened in 1840 when a committee decided to test a new device against traditional methods and … Continue reading →

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Fontainebleau

Posted on 01/10/2022 by The Garden History Blog

France is famous for its  grand gardens such as Versailles, Vaux le Vicomte and Fontainebleau  which  are the living proof of the superiority of man over nature and -only half in jest – of France and the French over everybody … Continue reading →

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