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Chateau De Rilly

Posted on June 2, 2019February 5, 2021 by Di Baker

The following is a pictorial post of the garden at Rilly -de Montagne near Epernay, France- a typical French garden that surrounds the Hotel de Rilly France. Images by Di Baker 2019

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At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous.

Mirabel Osler

I'm an amateur gardener living on a rural property in the Lachlan Valley of New South Wales, Australia, an area known for beautiful roses that thrive in our hot, dry climate. If you love roses as much as I do, you will be right at home here. So join me as I tackle the challenges of rural living, the fun, beauty and fragrance of roses, herbs, lavenders and perennials growing in my garden. Di

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There is no "End" to be written, neither can you, like an architect, engrave in stone the day the garden was finished. A painter can frame his picture, a composer can notate his coda, but a garden is always on the move.

Mirabel Osler

Gardens to visit from my travels

Gardens of the Architect
The Gardens of The Architect Spain
The Alhambra Palace Granada Spain
Carla Fineschi Rose Garden Cavariglia Italy

Jardin Majorelle, Gueliz Morocco

Giardino in Passagno Italy at the Antonio Canova Gipsoteca

Chateau De Rilly Montagne France
Al Ru Farm South Australia
La Pigonnet An enchanting escape in the heart of Aix-en-Provence

Jardin Remarquable in Epernay France

The Garden at Bille Cart-Salmon Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, France. 

Giardino Della Gherardesca Florence Italy

“There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.”

Henri Matisse

Delbard Painters Series

Edgar Degas Rose
Claude Monet Rose

 My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.

Claude Monet
La Vien Rose
Paul Cezanne Rose

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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.

Alfred Austin

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