Plant a tree with Arbres et Co 🌳 The current heatwave and extremely dry spring summer make us scarily aware of climate change. The devastating forest fires in Spain, Portugal, Gironde, and closer to home here in the South of France are scary, heartbreaking and make me feel so small. Our garden is a crispy Read article…
At a garden and plant fair here in the Ardèche this spring I met a cactus grower that had a beautiful stand with all kinds of rare cacti, succulents and caudex. It was super busy at the stand and they told me it was possible to visit their nursery in… Saint Marcel d’Ardèche. Which is Read article…
One of the things that I didn’t immediately realize when we moved here, is that we now have a real garden. I know, it’s hard to overlook a 2.4ha / 6 acres land, but having a real garden that needs to be taken care of, is a new concept to me. Of course it’s hard Read article…
This weekend I was back at one of the biggest European plant fairs… on our doorstep! In one of the prettiest locations in my Oise region: le Château de Chantilly. I visited Les Journées des Plantes for the first time a few years ago (see here, in 2015) but this time was extra special as I was Read article…
When you’re in Brussels during the only 3 weeks of the year when the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken are open to the general public, you just HAVE to go, right? This was the first time ever, that I queued up to visit a greenhouse. It was also the most annoying visit ever: there were too Read article…
A few weeks ago I was in Zurich together with Igor to speak about the Urban Jungle Bloggers community and our book at the Textile & Fashion Days of the Swiss Textile College. It was really fun as their topic of the year was “Urban Jungle” and they had a Slow Fashion Performance at night with models Read article…
For the last blogpost of the year, I’m taking you inside the greenhouse at the Orto Botanico in Rome. If you liked the little walk around the botanical garden (part 1) you are in for a treat: the inside is gorgeous too! It is definitely not the prettiest greenhouse that I ever visited, but I had Read article…
Some days feel like you received a precious gift. Not in a monetary way, that you may expect in this month of gift giving, wishlists, giftguides, giving to charity and advent calendars. But more in an "experience" way. Two weeks ago, after spending a wonderful weekend in Rome for #Blago2017 I was lucky to have Read article…
Today I get to blog with a group of French interior bloggers: le collectif de blogueurs Project Inside! They asked me to be their guest blogger this month and bien sûr I said yes: I mean the topic couldn't be a better match: "Les Plantes et les couleurs" (Plants & Colors). Both inspire me so Read article…
Wow, that was good: three entire weeks on Corsica! Our much needed holiday brought us to l'Ile de Beauté, the isle of beauty. It was our second time on Corsica: after our first trip in 2010 we really wanted to go back and explore this wild island some more. Corsica really is a beautiful French Read article…
