This is the "kitchen garden" at France's Villandry with the chateau in the background. Lebanon's Ann Coleman restored it to its Renaissance glory in the early 1900s. France's Chateau de Villandry is ...

…the Villandry Gardens! Villandry is a beautiful Renaissance chateau surrounded by three tiers of terraced gardens. The property has had many owners throughout its history – in the early 19th century, ...

The gardens. Rather than a park with lawns and woods, which most chateaux have, Villandry boasts an extraordinary arrangement of formal gardens based on medieval and Renaissance designs, with each ...

Every single plant is clipped by hand. Only the French could compose such an exquisite garden — and create such work for themselves. But unlike many famous French gardens, where straight lines and ...

It’s spring and I’m motoring with my husband from Normandy to the Loire Valley, visiting gardens and brocante markets. It’s a slow, impossibly lovely journey through innumerable charming villages, ...