A Gardener in France

Garden designer, gardening educator and garden journalist, Colin Elliott offers his view of gardening and life in the centre of France; with show reviews and lots of plant photographs.

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Site Owner: ukhostland
URL: http://gardendesigncompany.wordpress.com
Google™ PageRank™: 3
Category: Gardening
Member Since: 2011-05-15
Country: France

Average Rating: 4 / 5
Number of Ratings: 3
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2011-11-22 09:38:43
Lots of gardening chat and plant photos. More than often a good tip or two.

2012-02-10 06:38:20
My favourite gardening blog

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Latest posts 'A Gardener in France'

Courson plant purchases and the latest Loire Valley gardens tourLast Friday we travelled up to the leafy outskirts of Paris for our yearly pilgrimage to the JournÃ©es des Plantes de Courson, the bi-annual plant fair now in its 58th year. Many of the nearly 300 nursery stands took part … Continue reading →...

Posted on 24-05-2013

Chaumont Festival preview & Courson dreaming.Last week we were invited to the preview of the Festival of Gardens at Chaumont-sur-Loire. This is surely one of Europe’s must-see events both for landscape / garden design professionals and the amateur enthusiast and runs from 6th April to … Continue reading →...

Posted on 13-05-2013

Discovering new Loire Valley gardensReaders of the Garden Design Academy blog will have read that in a previous life I worked as a Royal Gardener at Windsor Palace. For the last two weeks however, I have been teaching and touring with an active Royal … Continue reading →...

Posted on 26-04-2013

Easter weekend: the first Cuckoo and the second plant fair.Easter was not warm; in fact it has been the coldest March in the north of France since records began. Sheltered from all directions here in the centre of France, even we have had cool nights with temperatures down to … Continue reading →...

Posted on 02-04-2013

The first garden show of the year and other excitementsAs spring takes hold of central France the season is confirmed by a flurry of garden and plant shows, not to mention all the local spring fairs and Easter events coming up at the end of the week. Of course … Continue reading →...

Posted on 26-03-2013