Garden in Northern France

I went to Sericourt, a garden in Pas de Calais yesterday.  It was about a 90 minute drive west on a mostly cloudy day, but I drove through tons of pretty little villages filled with roses and window boxes.  No pictures until I got out of the car in Sericourt...




I parked in a barn in front of the place and paid 10 euro for entrance and a really detailed map, with an explanation card in English.

   


















There were all sorts of paths leading from garden to woods, to grasses...


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I'd love to figure out how to make these paths in Richmond.  They seem to absorb water well and don't spread stones all over.






The grove above was inspired by the Terra Cotta Warriors!



The curves of this path are framed with soft Chamaecyparis




An inside view of long path between two rows of Thuja.  Below is a side view of this row- you can see it keeps going and going and going to the right.












 
These were listed as "bomb craters" in the guide



Another cool path in the trees.

These topiary were inspired by African masks.  I'm sure Scott can do this to our front yard!





See the "door" in the red hedge?




This is what the hedge door opens up to   Beautiful HUGE arbor of climbing roses.  Wonderful smell and almost deafening buzz of happy bees.



Looking up




More surprises around every corner




I am sure Scott can carve this one out of something in our yard:



Or if that's too hard he can just carve me this out of stone  and I'll be happy.



Happy gardening,

Heidi