Photohunter: creative

Creative is not a word I would use to describe myself. I dabble occasionally with crochet work or even some painting, but my main outlet could probably be said to be gardening.

However I'm not going to show you my gardening creativity, I want to show you somewhere which I think has a truly creative garden, Château de la Chatonnière. They are not far at all from the wonderful and well known gardens at Villandry, so no doubt they felt they had to try very hard to be as original. I believe they have succeeded in producing a wonderfully interesting garden in far less space.

The Garden of Intelligence, seen from the Crescent of Fragrances

The Garden of the Senses

Clematis covered walk

The Garden of Sciences, a chessboard of medicinal herbs

The Garden of Romances, surrounded by a walk of plaited willow and opening out into several "rooms" or bowers of climbing roses

The Garden of Exuberance, a wild-flower meadow.

The Garden of Abundance, the vegetable garden, laid out in the shape of a leaf.

Looking from the chateau towards the Garden of Elegance.

Nothing is more the child of art than a garden. ~ Sir Walter Scott

Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.~ William Wordsworth