Floral Park Apremont-sur-Allier

Second post for you today.<br /><br />Floral Park Apremont-sur-Allier, in France, is simply breathtaking. Open to the public in<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"> 1977, it receives around 40,000 annual</span> <span class="hps">visitors</span><span class="hps">. </span></span>Here is part of the story behind it.<br /><br />As a teenager, Gilles de Brissac visited England and and was spellbound by its wonderful gardens.<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"> At the end of</span> <span class="hps">the summer of</span> <span class="hps">his fifteenth birthday</span><span>, Gilles</span> <span class="hps">returned to France</span> <span class="hps">and started</span> <span class="hps">passionately</span> <span class="hps">to restructure</span><span class="hps"> the </span><span>gardens of the </span><span class="hps">family castle</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the Chevreuse Valley</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">under the watchful eye</span> <span class="hps">of his mother</span> <span class="hps">May,</span> <span class="hps">Duchesse</span> <span class="hps">de Brissac</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Continuing</span> <span class="hps">his training</span><span>, especially</span> <span class="hps">alongside</span> <span class="hps">Russell</span> <span class="hps">Page</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Charles de</span> <span class="hps">Noailles,</span> <span class="hps">and perfecting</span> <span class="hps">his taste</span> <span class="hps">by visiting</span> <span class="hps">gardens</span> <span class="hps">around the world</span><span>, Gilles</span> <span class="hps">becomes a</span> <span class="hps">professional</span> <span class="hps">landscape gardener</span><span>.<br /><br /></span></span>Thirty years later, he became a landscape painter, and created one of the most beautiful parks in France.<br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><br />Until his death in</span> <span class="hps">2002</span><span class="">, Gilles</span> <span class="hps">de Brissac</span> <span class="hps">continued refining</span> <span class="hps">his work.</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">Today,</span> <span class="hps">the torch</span> <span class="hps">was taken over by</span> <span class="hps">his sister,</span> <span class="hps">Elvira.</span><span class=""> </span></span><br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span></span></span><br /><img alt="Jardin1" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/decouvertes/visites-privees/visite-du-parc-floral-d-apremont-sur-allier/jardin1/652776-1-fre-FR/Jardin1_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Jardin1" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Jardin2" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/decouvertes/visites-privees/visite-du-parc-floral-d-apremont-sur-allier/jardin2/652760-1-fre-FR/Jardin2_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Jardin2" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Jardin3" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/decouvertes/visites-privees/visite-du-parc-floral-d-apremont-sur-allier/jardin3/652752-1-fre-FR/Jardin3_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Jardin3" width="669" /><br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">The pergola</span> <span class="hps">is covered with</span> <span class="hps">white</span>,</span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"> <span class="hps">fragrant</span> <span class="hps">clusters</span><span> of</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"> <span class="hps">wisteria</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">Wisteria</span> <span class="hps">floribunda</span> <span class="hps">'Alba'</span><span class="">.</span></span><br /><br /><img alt="Jardin4" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/decouvertes/visites-privees/visite-du-parc-floral-d-apremont-sur-allier/jardin4/652744-1-fre-FR/Jardin4_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Jardin4" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Jardin5" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/decouvertes/visites-privees/visite-du-parc-floral-d-apremont-sur-allier/jardin5/652768-1-fre-FR/Jardin5_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Jardin5" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Jardin6" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/decouvertes/visites-privees/visite-du-parc-floral-d-apremont-sur-allier/jardin6/652784-1-fre-FR/Jardin6_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Jardin6" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Jardin7" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/decouvertes/visites-privees/visite-du-parc-floral-d-apremont-sur-allier/jardin7/652792-1-fre-FR/Jardin7_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Jardin7" width="669" /><br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><br />Photography by Patrick Smith.<br />All images and information from <a href="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/">here</a>.<br /><br />A lovely weekend to you my friends!

Floral Park Apremont-sur-Allier

Second post for you today. Floral Park Apremont-sur-Allier, in France, is simply breathtaking. Open to the public in 1977, it receives arou...

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