The roses of Bagatelle
May 30th, 2011, 02:19 PM
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The roses of Bagatelle
If you're in Paris right now and love roses, now is the time to go to Bagatelle to see them -- they won't last much longer in the heat.
I went there yesterday, and it was really lovely. There's also a lot more to Bagatelle, but I must confess that I didn't get a chance to see it.
http://tinyurl.com/bagaroses
Bus 43 from Gare du Nord goes straight there.
I went there yesterday, and it was really lovely. There's also a lot more to Bagatelle, but I must confess that I didn't get a chance to see it.
http://tinyurl.com/bagaroses
Bus 43 from Gare du Nord goes straight there.
May 30th, 2011, 03:38 PM
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Just lovely, kerouac. J'adore roses! That garden looks a bit like the rose section of Kew Gardens. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I'll make it out to Bois de Boulogne this time around. Isn't there a Shakespeare garden there, too?
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I'd never heard of a McFlurry and had to look it up. (Of course, I haven't been to McDonald's in over a decade.)
Your mom's a kick. Now I can see where you get your 'tude!
May 31st, 2011, 11:52 AM
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I love a formal rose garden and these are beautiful pictures, but for me, no formal rose garden has ever been (or ever will be) as captivating as the wild roses on Cape Cod, especially when they're entwined with masses of honeysuckle. The combined scent of wild roses, wild honeysuckle, and a fresh, clean sea breeze is truly divine.
May 31st, 2011, 12:52 PM
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Glad to see that there are still roses in bloom, given the heat of the last two months. Here in the Dordogne, most of ours are over.
We went to Bagatelle this time last year, just before the
Concours International de Roses Nouvelles de Paris-Bagatelle - International Competition for New Roses, which will take place 16 June (or at lest the results will be announced then.) Anyway, it means that the roses should be at their best for that date. Highly recommended.
We went to Bagatelle this time last year, just before the
Concours International de Roses Nouvelles de Paris-Bagatelle - International Competition for New Roses, which will take place 16 June (or at lest the results will be announced then.) Anyway, it means that the roses should be at their best for that date. Highly recommended.
May 31st, 2011, 09:51 PM
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Seppendrade's in the water castles area of Germany's Muensterland. A lovely place for bicycling and well off the usual tourist radar.
http://www.seppenrade.de/content/htm...osegarden.html
http://www.seppenrade.de/content/htm...osegarden.html
Jun 1st, 2011, 07:08 AM
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thanks, FoFoBT. i had to go to googlemaps to find it, but i got there in the end.
another rose garden, which I should have remembered, given that we were there last year:
doue de la fontaine, south of the Loire. http://www.journeesdelarose.com/
another rose garden, which I should have remembered, given that we were there last year:
doue de la fontaine, south of the Loire. http://www.journeesdelarose.com/
Jun 1st, 2011, 01:05 PM
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not sure about Kew, Kerouac. The RHS gardens at Rosemoor [at Great Torrington, in North Devon] certainly do, as does Wisley.
Roses don't do too well here in Cornwall, as a general rule. Possibly the air is too clean. That's probably why they do so well in Paris and Florence!
Roses don't do too well here in Cornwall, as a general rule. Possibly the air is too clean. That's probably why they do so well in Paris and Florence!
