Kitchen Gardens of France - European Travel Books

Paperback - 01 April, 1999 - Thames & Hudson
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By: Louisa Jones, Vincent Motte, Louisa Jones and Vincent Motte
ISBN: 0500281181

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French garden beauty

The french seem to know how to enjoy life. They have even created their kitchen gardens as works of art. I looked long to find a good book on potagers with pictures of real french gardens after reading "Four-Season Harvest" by E. Coleman. And here they are!

More of a coffee table book of beautiful photos of gardens then a how to/design book. But still full of great ideas that will get you motivated and reworking your garden immediately.

These gardens are very functional and very lovely. Not as structured as others, which I rather liked.

Rediscovering a French Tradition

The luxuriant profusion of intimate garden spaces serves as a source of inspiration for artists, gardeners, travelers, and cooks.

Today's romantic gardener following Rousseau's stipulation to "please the eye" will find this book placing the potager right at the heart of the garden and make it the focus. Around it, they strike a personal balance between formality and gentle disorder, lines and dabs.

"All that sustains the imagination also excites the mind and nourishes the spirit" - thus speaks the philosopher. This lovely contribution to the kitchen garden library stimulates this in the reader with its careful editing and an abundance of well-framed photographs.

St. Fiacre the patron saint of gardens would approve of this wonderful celebration of French kitchen gardens, old-fashioned techniques, and the rediscovering of obscure heirlooms.

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