Festive greetings from a British landscape lover in Paris. Expect more musings on gardens, parks and all things green in 2011.
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Bonnes fêtes de Noël
Posted in Gardens, Paris, tagged Christmas greetings, Hotel Charost, snow on December 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Square Louis XVI
Posted in Cemeteries and monuments, Gardens, Paris, Parks, tagged chapelle expiatoire, French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, memory, Pierre-François Léonard Fontaine, secret, snow, Square Louis XVI on December 9, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The little park around the Chapelle Expiatoire on boulevard Haussman is traditionally planted with white flowers, in memory of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. So it was somehow fitting to visit yesterday during a major snowstorm in Paris. Everything was rapidly being engulfed in deep, soft whiteness. This place was once the cemetery of La [...]
Gladsome gardens
Posted in Paris, Parks, tagged parc Monceau, snow on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today we have seen the first snow of the season in central Paris. Parc Monceau has an icing sugar dusting of white on its grass and still-autumnal trees. Usually the City closes the parks in storms and snow, for safety reasons, but this is light enough to allow us still to wander and enjoy.
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