Friday 27 July 2007

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.

intelligence
The Garden of Intelligence, seen from the Crescent of Fragrances

senses
The Garden of the Senses

walkway
Clematis covered walk

sciences
The Garden of Sciences, a chessboard of medicinal herbs

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

exuberance
The Garden of Exuberance, a wild-flower meadow.

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

elegance
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

26 comments:

  1. Wow, creative does not begin to describe this gardens, there are plenty more adjectives that apply.

    Love the pictures.

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  2. Pure poetry... a place to be inspired!

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  3. Just like a 'sceret garden'. It's so serene.

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  4. These gardens are just beautiful. Thank you for sharing them.

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  5. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

    I love these pictures. One of my passions is gardens, including my own. But I do like visiting smaller gardens where you can wander round imagining what you could do to achieve the beauty you see at home.

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  6. Very creative garden. Everything looks so natural here. Happy Weekend! http://crizlai.blogspot.com/2007/07/photo-hunters-creative.html

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  7. Beautiful creative gardens -- especially loved the Clematis one.

    Come see mine.

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  8. Oh, these are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

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  9. i love most of them but i'm partial with 1,2,3,5 & 8!

    i love gardens! thanks for sharing this. :)

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  10. the gardens are lovely. i too do some gardening but nothing extensive :P

    have a great weekend ;)

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  11. Oh absolutely beautiful!! I love the wildflowers the best though. :-)

    Happy Weekend!

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  12. What terrific photographs of some beautiful gardens. Thanks.

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  13. those photos are absolutely stunning!! Wonderful shots.

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  14. A part of me wishes I could live there because it is so beautiful and peaceful looking. You are lucky to be able to visit that.

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  15. Love the photos, the look of the gardens and also their names. Thanks for alerting the likes of me as to their very existence. :)

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  16. Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing these photos.

    Have a great weekend! :)

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  17. Beautiful! :) Those gardens are just amazing, as well as creative. Gorgeous!

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  18. What a beeyoooteeeful place! We bet they gots some good catnip growin' there somewhere!

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  19. What a beautiful place! The gardens are breathtaking and the castle is awesome. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.

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  20. Now that is just beautiful. Happy weekend!

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  21. Excellent choice for the theme. I went to Villandry but didn't know about this place.
    Thanks for posting these great photos.

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  22. Those are stunning photos. I appreciate the creative concept behind those beautiful places. My favorite is the Clematis covered walk because it seems to have a hint of romance in the air. :) Thanks for the visit.

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  23. Lovely gardens. :)
    Really creative!

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  24. how beautiful! What a great place to visit and enjoy such beauty! Thanks for sharing and visiting.

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  25. Another creative take on this week's creative theme. I love the garden - thanks for sharing. (",)

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  26. Thank you all for your comments. We found the place almost by accident, having spotted a signpost on the way to Ussé. It was well worth the visit. A lovely place to explore and interesting too, if you enjoy gardens.

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