…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, ...

France's long and meandering Loire Valley is not only famous for its diverse wines. As a travel destination unto itself, there are numerous features on offer to lure the intrepid traveler, and the ...

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 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 ...

The gardens of the Chateau de Villandry in France’s Loire Valley will be ablaze with more than 2,000 candles this summer. Photo Credit: FPaillet Felicity Long France's Loire Valley is known for its ...

A nest crafted from vines and rose bushes makes for an effective outdoor dining setting, I discovered, while eating in the “secret garden” that sits in the courtyard of Chateau du Rivau. The last ...

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, ...

(<<< Continued from previous page) But the garden is about more than straight lines. Henri's great-grandfather, Joachim (a Spanish doctor married to an American heiress who funded the purchase of the ...