Chez Monet

Giverny is the home of Claude Monet. If you don't know who he is, you should be shot! ...I'm kidding, of course! Here is a good introduction to Monet’s home and garden. It truly is a beautiful place even if you're not terribly into flowers. It's a place of memory, of inspiration, where a multitude of colours and smells overwhelm the senses all year round.

Depending on the month, you’ll find roses, carpets of nasturtiums, dahlias, hollylocks, cherry and crab-apple blossoms, yellow bells of fritillaries, daffodils, tulips, poppies, rhododendrons, regal sunflowers, bunches of forget-me-nots, zinnias, rudbeckias, rises, peonies, azaleas, tulips, pansies, narcissi, aubrietas ageratums, nicotianas, busy lizzies, primulinus gladiolus, cleomes, helianthus… and of course, the famous water lilies. And to think that they're just the ones I can pronounce! Have a look at the garden calender to see when you can see your favourite flower.