Photo 1er janvier 2021 – 1st January 2021, Cantal, France.
Category Archives: News
News: Les Jardins d’ici devient bilingue

La publication d’une version française des articles devrait permettre à la branche francophone de l’audience de se développer, alors que le blog continue d’être nourri par ses racines britanniques. Voici les étapes clés qui ont conduit à cette extension.
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News: Les Jardins d’ici is now bilingual

French versions of Les Jardins d’ici’s articles should boost the French-speaking branch of its audience as the blog continues to grow from its London roots. Here are the main steps that led to this new format.
News: The pear tree begins to grow again (Le poirier repousse – English version, updated)
News: Le poirier repousse !
De nombreux rejets apparaissent sur la souche du poirier de 150 ans abattu le 11 mars.
News: happy new year!
With my best wishes for 2020.
News: Happy new year!
News: the Provençal garden revisited
In the last two years the garden I visited in August 2016 has flourished under its owner’s tender care. June is a great time to see apricots and peaches in this now luxuriant orchard.
News: From Kroměříž to Versailles
I have planned to visit the Potager du Roi in Versailles this weekend. Another orchard created for a European reigning figure of the 17th century to be renovated, which I am keen to discover after my visit to Kroměříž in Moravia in October. Continue reading
News: First visit to the British National Fruit Collection
I visited Brogdale, home to the British National Fruit Collection, ‘one of the largest fruit collections in the world’1, on 3 and 4 July.