Links

For detailed garden tour information and recent itineraries, see  www.susanwornertours.com.

To know more about the hotel that receives our guests so outstandingly,  www.la-mirande.fr/.

For strikingly beautiful  photographs of many gardens in Provence, Italy, Greece and Spain featured in my books and  magazine articles, see the website of my photographer collaborator Clive Nichols: www.clivenichols.com and http://blog.clivenichols.com/.  Don’t miss his News section!

For a fine association, active world wide and rich with information about mediterranean climate zone gardens: http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/ See also their forum: forum : www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php.

To find out more about Mediterranean plants and dry gardening, see the website of Olivier and Clara Filippi: http://jardin-sec.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.htm or :http://www.jardin-sec.com

For an excellent botanical source, http://www.tela-botanica.org/site:accueil.

An excellent plant fair mid April every year north of Avignon, and year round association: http://www.plantes-rares.com/.

Chêne Bleu winery (Nichols)	Domaine du Rayol (Nichols)	Jardin des Sambucs (Jones)	Jardin des Sambucs (Jones)
Click on each image to see it in full.

SOME SOUTHERN FRENCH GARDENS I HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH THE YEARS AND ADMIRE (just a few among many)…

THE SAINT ANDRé ABBEY GARDENS in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon in the fortress above the town. To visit, check with the Office de tourisme of Villeneuve, 30400.

The gardens of DOUDOU BAYOL that her husband paints, among other subjects, see www.josephbayol.com

LA LOUVE, home garden of Nicole de Vésian whose work is the subject of one of my books (2011)

DOMAINE DU RAYOL www.domainedurayol.org/ Excellent garden by Gilles Clément ; workshops and garden courses; plant fair in October. Part of the Conservatoire du littoral, French conservancy agency, www.conservatoire-du-littoral.fr

LES CONFINES, long the home garden of Dominique Lafourcade, see www.dominique-lafourcade.com. Now available for summer rentals.

TWO PARTICULARLY ORIGINAL AND RESOURCEFUL ECOLOGICAL PLEASURE GARDENS

The Jardins de l'Albarède, by Brigitte and Serge Lapouge, in the Dordogne: http://jardins-albarede.com See also their many books on ecological gardening.

The Jardin des Sambucs, by Agnès and Nicolas Brückin, near Le Vigan: www.jardinsambucs.com (see several photos on this site)

Others to watch…
Jardin médiéval d’Uzès; beautiful ethnobotanical garden with art exhibits, run by the association In Situ, highly motivated and talented people:
Impasse Port-Royal – 30700 Uzès Tél. : 04 66 22 38 21
http://jardinmedievaluzes.blogspot.com Courriel : jardinmedievaluzes@free.fr

In the Dordogne : http://labigotie.fr/blog/

SOME DESIGNERS I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS

CLÉMENT Gilles : www.gillesclement.com

LAFOURCADE Dominique www.dominique-lafourcade.com

SEMINI, Michel. Rue Saint Frusquin, 84220 Goult. BUREAU 04 90 72 38 50 FAX 90 72 38 52 Portable 06 09 52 49 02

MAURIERES Arnaud and OSSART Eric www.maurieres.ossart.com

DELIAU Philippe  www.alep-paysage.com

NUCERA Marc  Sculptor of trees. BP 16, 13550 Noves  33 (0) 4 90 92 99 21

NAVARR0 François on the Riviera, trained with both Gilles Clément and Maurières-Ossart: Email: navarro.francois@club-internet.fr Portable: 06 21 03 51 67

IVY Hilary English speaking, in the Languedoc and western Provence: Email: hilary.ivey@yahoo.co.uk Site: www.hilaryiveygardens.com

SOME USEFUL ADDRESSES FOR SOUTHERN FRENCH GARDENING

Association des Pépinéristes Collectionneurs - Best source of addresses for specialized nurseries http://www.aspeco.net/
http://jardins-partages.org/ - For allotment and community gardening
http://www.volubilis.org/- Exchanges and information about French environmental concerns of all kinds
http://www.afidol.org/- Everything about olives
http://www.cm-avignon.fr/Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat Avignon - About drywall stone construction (rubrique « Les dossiers »). See also: http://www.pierreseche.net/
http://www.semencespaysannes.org/ and http://www.kokopelli.asso.fr/
Semences Paysanne and Kokopelli Association - For the defence of heirloom seed varieties
http://www.slowfood.fr/ Slow Food France - International slowfood movement