It’s easy to add more colour and spark to a garden and develop hints and notes of a holiday destination that you’ve enjoyed in the past. Sometimes simply adding a few more plants with an aromatic scent can conjure up memories of warm sunshine and vineyards.
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Here are some simple tricks from Ken to brighten up your garden and give it a little c’est la vie!
1: Depending on how you use Annuals and Perennials, you may need to find plants to fill gaps in borders if a certain flower only blooms in the summer
2: Deadheading and keeping on top of garden maintenance can be time consuming
3: Hydrangea, viburnum and French lavender all enjoy the British climate and grow extremely well here in the UK, giving just a hint of the bright colours of the fields of France
Listen to the full programme for more on what gives gardens from France that unique French style.
France is a wonderful country to visit and take in historic gardens. Ken Crowther has been and visited may of the country’s gardens over the years.
Impressionist painter, Claude Monet’s house in Giverny is home to the internationally famous waterlilies he painted some 250 times.
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For more information on visiting the painter’s home click here.
Contrast the formal gardens of the Palace of Versailles on the edge of Paris with a small cottage in Brittany. Simple and easy to up keep, the cottage in Brittany has been popular with Brits and tourists for many years.
We hope this feature has brought a little of this wonderful garden style to life here on World Radio Gardening.
