March Garden -The Keukenhof Garden

In March, The Keukenhof Garden in Holland is at it’s most beautiful! Moreover, the Van Gogh Museum and Keukenhof are celebrating spring together with a flower mosaic of Van Gogh’s Self-portrait with his felt hat. Below are a photos from Heather's trip to the Keukenhof Garden.




A demonstration of the power of simple compositions and amazing juxtaposition of color.



This 'river' of white edged in red is a phenomenal passage in the forest at Keukenhoff Gardens in the Netherlands.



White tulips and blue muscari in full bloom at Keukenhoff. One of my favorite color combinations. The blue hit me in the heart!



Beautiful tulips everywhere.

More photos from France, Paris, Giverny, and Versailles...

We have a small collection of photos that we have received from Heather showing us what she has been up to during her trip in Europe. We thought that we should put them up on the blog to share the beautiful moments she's had out on the other side of the world!  She spent a good portion of last week in France seeing all the beautiful sights. Surprisingly this photo shows Heather's true nature: attraction to plants.



A beautiful Vignette in Paris


Heather also sent us photos of Giverny, one of her favorite places in the entire world. For those who have never heard of Giverny, it's located about 80km north west of Paris and is most well known as the location of Claude Monet's (yes, the painter) home and garden. She sent us a few photos to share with us how beautiful Giverny really is.

A beautiful collection of plants and blooming flowers


Beautiful Purple Blooms by the Lakeside


Lake at Giverny


Tulip Beds


Heather by the Tulip beds


Outside of Giverny, Heather snapped a beautiful planting arrangement at the Carnavalet Museum.


Finally, no trip to France would be complete (for a Landscape Architect) without visiting the amazing Versailles, or Château de Versailles. André Le Nôtre was responsible for the gardening and planning of Versailles during King Louis XIV's rule. It's such a significant place in design history being a monumental step of axial planning that has influenced future city planning and formal garden design. Of course it's also a very lovely place to be in...



We'll be updating tomorrow with some more photos from Europe!