tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post5431780921546944910..comments2009-12-09T22:52:02.107-05:00How It Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687132248846516168noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-74954235171922354342009-12-09T22:52:02.107-05:002009-12-09T22:52:02.107-05:00I wish I had known more about it&#39;s history and designer before I visited - I think I would have had a better appreciation of the garden. Who knows if I&#39;ll ever get the chance to go back?How It Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687132248846516168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-62621921186939332972009-12-09T22:03:38.643-05:002009-12-09T22:03:38.643-05:00Wow, this is stunning!Philliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-30728352816217966922009-08-25T11:01:12.612-04:002009-08-25T11:01:12.612-04:00Brave? No. Stupid is more like it. The elements that make up the design–paths, rose standard, espalier and boxwoods take up so much room I have less space for vegetables and the rose standard &amp; boxwoods cause shade where I don&#39;t want it–but it looks cool!JCharlierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-3975424355125312352009-08-24T22:49:58.747-04:002009-08-24T22:49:58.747-04:00Super tour of this garden. Also on my list of want to see gardens. Thanks!compost in my shoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06572258657523962702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-24347691719904789882009-08-24T17:51:28.366-04:002009-08-24T17:51:28.366-04:00JCharlier,<br />You&#39;re very brave to take on anything Villandryish, even if it is small!how it growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687132248846516168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-38258908139145263182009-08-24T17:49:51.704-04:002009-08-24T17:49:51.704-04:00jo©o, I feel a little stupid, I didn&#39;t actually look at the hedges that closely, I would assume they&#39;re box. I don&#39;t remember the any smell, but maybe I&#39;m immune to after living many years in Williamsburg.how it growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687132248846516168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-24838362464814162902009-08-24T13:56:29.027-04:002009-08-24T13:56:29.027-04:00I visited Villandry a couple years ago. The garden stays with you long after you&#39;ve gone.I was there in the Fall and had never seen such a colorful garden. It was the most surprising garden, in that I&#39;d never seen vegetables grown in such a colorful, strict manner. I came back and replanted my raised-bed kitchen garden as a French potager, inspired by Vilandry– including rose standards, gravel paths, miniature boxwood dividers and surrounding apple espaliers (though keep in mind my potager is 10 ft. x 12ft!).JCharlierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-47961274398341046282009-08-24T13:55:48.426-04:002009-08-24T13:55:48.426-04:00Hiya,<br /><br />There you go again: making me envious with another delicious garden visit :-)<br /><br />I do like the French style all-green gardening. Watching the Tour de France you get to see many chateaux from the air (helicopters follow the Tour) and they are mostly green and gravel. Box for the hedges I presume?<br />Did you like the smell of the box, standing in the middle of it? I always think it smells of fox. <br />I wonder, will snails leave box alone?jo©ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08443120495036936430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-25124835949622927192009-08-22T17:40:41.595-04:002009-08-22T17:40:41.595-04:00What wonderful gardens. I love the strict design of he hedges --something I would never have the patience to do.Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.com