Our garden is almost in full bloom, the expanse of yellow daffodils have given way to an abundance of bluebells. The various trees form apple, pear, fig, cherry and hazelnut are in blossom or displaying green leaves. We have never seen our garden looking so good and are still introducing more plants and were lucky to be given a baby bay tree by our friends Martine and Pierre-Yves, which we hope to split into three pots.
This weekend we visited the plant festival at Chareau Crosville. There were thousands of plants and flowers on display with many rare varieties that we had not seen before. The chateau is owned by a very courageous and strong willed woman called Michele.
As a child she visited the abandoned chateau which was left to ruin for 250 years. She is on a mission to restore the Chateau and has already made quite a lot of progress. We were able to walk around the chateau and see the amazing work that has already been done and the plans for future restoration. The Chateau is definitely worth a visit to see the original frescos on the doors, walls and ceilings as well as a birds eye view of Normandy from the castle keep.
Damian & Steve
La Mare Palu
+33 2 33 42 03 54
email: lamarepalu@yahoo.com
http://www.normandy-bandb.com
