I’m keeping busy in the garden these days…trying to keep one step ahead of all the blooms. It blunts my treasure hunting impulse and makes my world a prettier place just with a little elbox grease.
For those of you still on a treasure hunt…there are some great sales this weekend (April 27-28)…
Atelier de Campagne is having their Spring Container sale…more info here. I’ve done numerous posts on Atelier here. They are a brilliant team, the drive is lovely…bring a picnic and have a fabulous day.
If you are an antique textile lover, Sallie Ead of Lucia’s Collectables on Ruby Lane is having a big sale as well here. Sallie gets up early to visit the best UK textile fairs so that we can order a bit of textile history from our cosy armchairs.
Additional garden shots below. Click on any photo to view as slide show.
What lovely photos Trish , it all looks beautiful . here we are waiting to hear the first cuckoo, always exiting as it heralds the start of spring,,,,
I love your website! Do you know the name of the Chinoiserie black and white print you have posted on today’s blog? Many thanks. A Trouvais admirer… Alessandra
Alessandra Brus
“Fiat Lux”
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Hello Alessandra, and thank you. My favorite print! The image above is cropped from an 18th c Carmontelle engraving done of the Jardin de Monceau (now known as Parc Monceau)…one of several engravings in a book…the full engraving shows the tent. You can see more here.
The people depicted are Ottomans, and the engraving looks like an 18th century Photoshop. Mouradja D’Ohsson’s Tableau General de L’Empire Othoman has similar scenes without Parc Monceau but Constantinople in the background.
ahhh, I can just smell the roses – thank you!
MAGNIFICENT….ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOUR IMAGES!!!
JEANNIE
Trish,
Your garden, as always, is lovely. I have some of the same flowers and this time of year everything seems to sparkle. Your roses always look like peonies.
Karen
Beautiful………..
I just love your garden! (and your blog). Greetings from Norway – a subscriber to your blog from Scandinavia.
Hi Trish, I have been waiting for this post from you. The garden is glorious.
Mary
Trish, a feast for the eyes. Your garden is glorious!
PS I am having a Paris Book Giveaway!
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
My dear Trish, Your web site is a haven and a delight for me! I have been an admirer of the 18th century, especially as it was lived in France, since reading Nancy Mitford’s “Madame de Pompadour” at the age of eleven. (ADMIRER!? Of the culture that broke people on the wheel, branded peasants for stealing a few apples, etc., etc.!?} Well, ok, an admirer of the douceur de vie et les arts decoratifs, at least. I mean to say, we are none of us perfect, are we, members of the Cheyenne, Apache, and Navajo Nations? Still, the beauty you make us aware of, the ability you give us to approach it in our own lives, reminds us that the world owes, and will always owe, a great deal to the French People, Thank you so much for my on-line pavilion Francaise. George
Thank you, George. Such a nice thing to say! And I’ll have to drag that book out again! More post inspiration!
Always a pleasure to get your post . . .
thanks for the beauty!
showoff!!!! i really get jealous of you in the spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you have the prettiest garden of anyone i know. gorgeous.
Just beautiful!!!
Hi Trish! Another post to savour! Your garden shots are exquisite..still waiting to start some gardening here…this weekend is supposed to be warm and sunny, it is a really much cooler Spring than last….but things are greening up….N.xo
Are these pictures of your garden NOW? Jeez Louise, we had snow on Tuesday. My peonies are procrastinating going above ground. Don’t blame them!
I know you must be in bloomin’ heaven!
Hello HBD! Two days ago…twice as many booms today. Almost…too much! My peonies are biding their time as well…and you will have many more than I for having suffered through a long cold winter. Peonies always reward long, cold winters!
Your posts are always a welcome sight, & this one is no different. Thank you for sharing your beautiful blooms.
Trish,
Your garden always inspiring me! Thank you for sharing it.
Sincerely,
Miranda
Every glimpse of your garden is pure ecstasy….