Jardin de la Villa Fort France
237 avenue Antoine de Saint Exupéry, 06130 Grasse
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
The garden of Hardly France takes shape around the villa which dates of 1930\. The British writer lady Fortescue with her husband, librarian of the king George VI, built the villa on restanques of aromatic plants and of olive trees. Already at that time, a rose garden was created. Since the garden did not cease growing rich.
The garden from the bottom up is visited by having a walk on restanques. Trees and enduring first are seen by underneath or laterally before dominating them. At the same time landscape grassois with its hills and its cypresses up to the sea is discovered according to visit. Every terrace is advantageous for plant curiosity such the metasequoia glyptostroboides, rosebushes banksiae white or yellow who(which) attack cypresses, mimosas in graduated bloomings, distictis buccinatoris in the exuberant vegetation which surrounds(identifies) the villa with its red tubular flowers, juniperus or myrtle cut in cloud, pittosporum in topiary as well as boxwoods The garden is constantly evolving by the introduction of new Mediterranean or exotic sorts(species). But also by spontaneous sowing of annual. It is also a garden of scents where the old(former) roses have a real flavour(perfume) of former days but also mimosas, daturas, tagette, edichiums, sages, pelargoniums …
In Fort France word biodiversity takes all its sense(direction). The absence of chemical treatment(processing) allowed to establish a balance fauna(crowd)-flora respectful of the nature which accommodates many(a lot) birds, batrachian, lizards …
Today it is painter's garden where they will discover very many varieties of plants put in harmony them some with regard to(compared with) others in a permanent research(search) for balances of forms and for colours. It is for Valérie a source of inspiration renewed for his(her,its) paintings(boards) and it gives to the garden all its artistic creativity
Tags
Botanical garden or arboretum, Private garden i Jardin remarquable
Acceso
Access: Open: from mid-April to the end of June and from mid-September to the end of October guided tour of groups by appointment. Entrance(Entry): 12€ a person(by nobody). Parking lot. Englishman parlé. / GPS E: 06 56 54 60 N: 43 40 32 60
©V. De Courcel
