As 2024 gets underway, we’ve taken inspiration from Janus, the god of beginnings, transitions and time, who looks both forwards and back. Our gardens have all featured in our pages in the past, but we revisit them here and take a closer look at how they’ve developed over time, and how they’re changing now their owners have new challenges to contend with.
Gardens to visit in France
18.12.2023 - 16:45 / gardenersworld.com
It won’t be a surprise if I say the many garden visits were the highlight of my trip last April to the Côte d’Azur. All were enjoyable and fascinating, but one stood out for me. In Le Jardin Serre de la Madone, Menton, I discovered a terraced garden carved into old farming land by Lawrence Johnston in the 1920s. Already the heir to Hidcote Manor in the Cotswolds, shortly before commencing his masterpiece Johnston had been so seriously injured in WW1 he’d been left for dead.
Johnston spent all his winters in Menton with summers at Hidcote until WW2. At Serre de la Madone, religious symbolism mixes with exotic plant collections from all over the world. Statuary, steps and pools frame the vegetation in a romantic but poignant landscape. I was entranced by the atmosphere of this garden and intrigued by the idea that plants were exchanged between here and Hidcote. The garden is open all year round except November and December.
The botanic garden, Val Rahmeh in Menton provides a modern contrast and is managed by the National Museum of Natural History. A visit includes the chance to see unusual plants arranged creatively and labelled, with an optional audio tour. Checking the plant names prepares visitors for visiting other gardens in the region where you won’t have similar useful interpretation. More homely and nestled in a Grasse hillside is La Mouissone, an olive farm and garden where the English owner, Lady Lockett, gave me an exclusive tour with a fascinating chat about the local gardening community.
Don’t miss out on the Festival des Jardins if you visit in spring 2025. Local towns, along with the tiny Principality of Monaco, compete for horticultural recognition and prizes, with highly creative pop-up contemporary
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