A slow and fragrant ascent up-slope to a 17th century stone house
edged with bush morning glory, vittadinia (looks like erigeron),
round balls of dwarf boxwood, rosemary tumbling over the upper
walls and stalwart olive trees and cypresses defining the view…
Lavender and olive trees near Grasse…
Foliage of both silvery in the sunlight…
softly glowing in the summer dusk…
Stone fountain in the Luberon mountains…
Italian cypresses in the background…
Up close glimpse of my new olive tree…will be moved up to a sloped Provence garden
I’m creating off the master bedroom. Blue Italian cypresses, lavender, the daisy like
ground cover erigeron, hazy blue nepata, and a pallet of Sonoma stone are slowly
moving into place. The David Austin white Glamis Castle roses have been pruned back
hard to rejuvenate them and creeping thyme is started between the pavement.
Rather than terracing the area to a perfect level, I’m letting there be a gentle
slope, planning a more informal pathway of steps up through the sloped garden.
Harvesting lavender on an old stone table shaded by mulberry trees
on the terrace of an 18th century country house in Haut-Var…
Reminds me of last summer when I was doing the same with my
bumper crop of lavender …see my Lavender Harvest post here…
The scent was intoxicating, heavenly….
One can never have too much lavender! My favorite type here
Clipped yew hedges and conical boxwood attempt to order the riotous lavender
in the kitchen garden of the Château Val-Joanis in the Luberon mountains…
gold fine pathway and an old wrought-iron gate….
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Provence Style of Living
Jérôme Coignard
Photographs and captions from Maison Côté Sud
More garden inspiration at Authentic Provence here
Chateau Dominque here
Wow… What an inspiring place. Thank you for sharing. Absolutely breathtaking!
Just popping in to say hello. I’m not dead, just busy. Normal service will resume as soon as possible
Love
Di
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Beautiful as always. I’ve been lurking here for over a year. Thank you for letting me see the world through your filter.
Beautiful…I would love to be in these photos! It’s all so serene and heavenly.
Stella xx
Très beau cette Provence !
J’imagine les odeurs de tilleul et de lavande…
Céline.
What a lovely stroll, I would like to see what was behind the gate. Nothing but more sheer beauty, I would suspect!
L.
I’m in love with that fountain and wonder if I could just make that concrete table??? Hmmmmm It’s on the thoney-help-me-do-this list now!!! xo
Trish, again a purely dreamy trip. I just woke up (getting over a cold) and feel like I’m floating along a beautiful, fragrant path.I too love the stone table and fountain and am already conspiring in my mind on how I can get them, somehow, somewhere, sometime!!!Thank you for getting our creative juices flowing, always, Nella
Trish, I love your posts on gardens (yours and others). I so wish I could have olive trees–alas, my allergist says “no”. Their gray foliage is so beautiful. I definitely think a slope is a more authentic look than a terrace and I can’t wait to see the progress unfold on the blog. Enjoy our sunny California weekend garden weather!
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne. This is a Swan Hill olive (24 ” crate…multi trunk…here)…it is non-fruiting, non-pollinating so allergies would not be a problem (per their website here). I’m excited about working with, only slightly modifying the slope! Love the look of lavender crisscrossing a slope. Will show photos as soon as things starting filling in.
Taming a slope is serious business. Hope it comes dream true for you. Look forward to seeing the transformation. One of my hardest gardening lessons was to realize the beautiful lavender insists upon being treated like a peasant rather than a princess. How could something as beautiful as lavender in every way—form, flower and fragrance—get its needs met in thin, gravelly (no compost for you) soil? And how is it that lavender grows so well in your less than dry heat climate? Lucky you that it does!
Trish, amazing post. Makes me want to be there with you. Beautiful post, again. xx’s
just beautifull Trish, looking forward to follow the establishing of your provencal garden..driving around here in the french county side is so inspiring- no need to say but still – .I am so intrigued by the stone walls covered with ivy – or actually looks like a cross between ivy and verginia creeper it seems like most houses covered with this beautifull blanket has it growing from the upper gutters downwards…does not make sense?.. the maison we are in at the moment is proof…the upstairs windows need regular trimming I’m sure but on the ground there is nothing!!
lovely post. Colx
I am here in the Luberon now. Can I knock on their door and tell them you sent me? Please …
Oh, what marvelous images that evoke the magic of Provence. I’m longing for hot sunshine and the smell of lavender in the garden.
My friend, Stephanie Lloyd introduced me to your site a few months ago and I have been a loyal viewer ever since.
It is as if I am being transported in a dream and looking at a very beautiful world. Thank you so much. Your blog
is always a gentle part of my day.
Beautiful ! You make me dreaming about the Provence today!!
Trish, we had olif trees the last year but they didn’t make it ! Our winter was to hard! Although they stand inside the outbuilding, it was too cold I guess.
I think that your garden is very beautiful!
xx
Greet
A post close to my heart…xv
Just beautiful! Don’t need to say anything else.
So anxious to see your new provencal hillside garden…somehow I just know it will be wonderful. Have a fun weekend whether it takes to into the garden or beyond!
~jermaine~
Hi Trish,
What a magnificent garden you have shared ~ thank you.
Olive trees and lavender are such a lovely combination and grow so well here, where I live.
I look forward to seeing your new hillside garden.
Have a happy weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
such beautiful place. this is a place i would feel closer to nature, surrounded with everything so natural and earthy! hope you are having a great weekend. your blog is very inspirational! maryann
So so pretty… Everything from the pathway to the table and chairs, to the trees—all lovely!
I was just thinking about lavender today, and reading up on the benefits of it, product-wise,
as it’s truly one of my favorite scents and plants.
Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!
xoxo
dear trish… so lovely to wake to this on a sunny sunday morning here in seattle… wish we lived closer… we could go have a morning coffee and chat… (and hunt!) he he xx pam
Aaahhh…
Absolutely stunning!
I want to go there! A place of my dreams.