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| The Unknown Paris | 6 | |
| Classical Gardens | 9 | |
| Cool shade and brilliant light by Arabella Lennox-Boyd | 10 | |
| Classical simplicity for Hubert de Givenchy | 16 | |
| An understated complement to a neoclassical mansion | 23 | |
| A theatrical statement by Louis Benech | 28 | |
| Nature harnessed to a purpose in eighteenth-century style | 33 | |
| Where romance is in the air | 38 | |
| The miniature garden of an American in Paris | 40 | |
| Originality and sensuality on the Ile Saint-Louis | 44 | |
| A spirit of adventure expressed by Pierre Berge | 50 | |
| A haven of peace in Saint-Germain-des-Pres | 57 | |
| A legacy of contrasts from the 1940s | 59 | |
| President and Madame Giscard d'Estaing's garden for all seasons | 62 | |
| An artist's small miracle of harmony and balance | 67 | |
| A discerning blend of shrubs and perennials | 70 | |
| Yves Saint Laurent's finely tailored garden | 75 | |
| Symmetry and luxury combined to spectacular effect | 78 | |
| Picturesque Gardens | 85 | |
| Nature and sculpture in a sea of green | 86 | |
| Recapturing the mood of the nineteenth century | 91 | |
| Camille Muller's exercise in restrained luxuriance | 96 | |
| Memories of Brittany on the Montagne Sainte-Genevieve | 103 | |
| An out-of-the-ordinary kitchen garden | 106 | |
| Where Napoleon's favourite actor strolled | 110 | |
| An informal family garden in the Marais | 114 | |
| A feminine ambience inspired by fashion and art | 118 | |
| The romantic indulgence of a master landscape designer | 122 | |
| Hector Guimard's Art Nouveau garden restored to perfection | 129 | |
| A green oasis in a secret setting | 134 | |
| Where the elephant stands guard | 140 | |
| Exotic Gardens | 145 | |
| Baron and Baronne d'Orgeval's taste of rural Russia | 146 | |
| An Italian fantasy in a Parisian courtyard | 150 | |
| Kenzo's Japanese landscape in miniature | 153 | |
| A lush Asian paradise on the Left Bank | 158 | |
| Introducing flavours of Africa and the Orient | 164 | |
| A garden with a spiritual dimension | 171 |
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Devin Mitchell
reviewed Secret Gardens of Paris on August 04, 2014 Secret Gardens of Paris
It's hard to know what to say about this little 200 page book that might make you want to read it. I feel like there are two groups of people in relation to this book: those who will find it a charming diversion, and those who will find it a boring waste of time. You can probably figure out which group you belong to just by knowing a bit of what the book is about.
This book is a conversationally-written memoir about an American who moves to a small town in the south of France for a year, and keeps a garden while he is there. You get tiny glimpses into the lives of the villagers, some descriptions of the town and the weather, and lots of thought about gardens, gardening, and earth. (Earth as in soil, not as in the planet.) Meditations on the act of planting and nurturing vegetables and herbs, followed by the satisfaction of harvesting the fruits of your labor. Descriptions of exactly what it took to carve a small garden into a forgotten corner of a vineyard - hauling water, building steps, breaking up the soil, harvesting bamboo for tomato stakes.
It's a narrow topic. If nothing about that previous paragraph sounds the slightest bit interesting to you, avoid this book. But if you'd like to daydream, just a bit, about moving to a foreign country and trying to make a deep connection with the people and the land there, even if you're not really a gardener, then maybe give it a try. It's quite short, and offers a view of France that I haven't gotten from other books. It's not a book that will dramatically alter my life or views, but it was a nice way to spend a portion of my vacation.
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