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Vue depuis la Terrasse (© Julien Gazeau)
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Escalier menant à la Terrasse (© Jay Qin)
Escalier menant à la Terrasse (© Jay Qin) -
Parterre (© Lionel Hug)
Parterre (© Lionel Hug) -
Taille des ifs, Parterre (© Julien Gazeau)
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Parterre (© Lionel Hug)
Parterre (© Lionel Hug) -
Le Parterre vu du ciel (© Julien Gazeau)
Le Parterre vu du ciel (© Julien Gazeau)
The Parterre and the Terrace, in William Christie's words:
"When I saw the house and its grounds for the first time in 1985, I immediately had the idea of creating a terraced garden. I also realized that, by acquiring the adjacent plots of land, I could exploit the terrain's gentle descent towards the river to create a long perspective that would continue up the hill on the other side of the Saint-Juiré road. Further up the hill in the same axis the visitor will notice another structure in the same rustic stones: a hermit's cave, which I had built in 2007."
William Christie
The Grand Parterre to the rhythm of the seasons
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Le Grand Parterre en été (© Jay Qin)
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Le Grand Parterre en automne (© Philippe Abergel)
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Le Grand Parterre en hiver (© Lionel Hug)
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Le Grand Parterre au printemps (© Lionel Hug)
Gardener's word
The evergreen columns that stand on the terrace are the star jasmine, Trachelosperumm jasminoides that are trained on a metal frame. During the summer the strong perfumes of the flowers sweetens the air. IN autumn and winter the foliage take on burnished red and copper tones.
John Hoyland, advisor for garden design at Glyndebourne and William Christie's friend
The Grand Parterre to the rhythm of the seasons
