Monday's chateau...Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire.

This week we will be focussing on Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire and its garden festival. 

Wednesday for windows...inside out at the chapel

The stained glass windows set behind the extravagant  art instillation in the chapel at chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire. 

  

 

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Chaumont-sur-Loire

 

Not nearly as recognisable from this view from over the river.

Chaumont-sur-Loire

Festival International des Jardins 2021 Chaumont-sur-Loire - gardens 8 to 11

08.L’EFFET LOTUS

 09.OSMOSE

10.LE JARDIN DE LA FONTAINE ANÉMONE

11.LE PETIT PAYS DES LARMES

Photos from our visit to this years Garden Festival. You can see more details of the individual gardens here on the official festival website.

Festival International des Jardins 2021 Chaumont-sur-Loire - gardens 4B to 7

04BIS.MOSAÏQUE MIMÉTIQUE

 05.RÉGÉNÉRESCENCE

 06.TERRAIN VAGUE ABONDE

 07.TERRITOIRE DE BOCAGE

Photos from our visit to this years Garden Festival. You can see more details of the individual gardens here on the official festival website.

Festival International des Jardins 2021 Chaumont-sur-Loire -Gardens 1 to 4

 

01.LE JARDIN CAMÉLÉON

 

 02.LE JARDIN DE LA TERMITIÈRE

03.CE QUE L'ON VOIT, CE QUE L'ON SAIT

04.BLEU DÉSIR

You can see more details of the individual gardens here on the official festival website.

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire

As viewed from the site of the International Garden Festival on Saturday (above). Going to dedicate this week to our visit.

Wednesday is for windows...- through the looking glass

 

At Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire 

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Chaumont-sur-Loire

This week we are featuring images from the gardens at this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire but starting the week featuring past views of the chateau itself from the gardens.

Church on Sunday - the chapel at Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire

Last week's visit to the International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire also meant another opportunity to look into the world of Swiss artists G.Steiner & J Lenzlinger whose whimsical permanent art installation 'Les pierres et le printemps' in the Chateau's chapel is, for us, the highlight of a visit to the castle.

Have a lovely weekend everyone...

Last week we at last got around to visiting for the annual Garden Festival so we propose a week of images from our visit. We start with the chateau itself in wishing everyone a very pleasant weekend.

Friday from a different angle - Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire

More on Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire 

Yesterday's where is it? - at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Yesterday's image was of a piece of art 'En Plein Midi' by Klaus Pinter which sits in the impressive  stable block at Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire.

You can read more about  Klaus Pinter here.

The stables currently plays host to this project, a sphere made up of a series of golden flowers and a number of different artist's work.

We actually consider that the stables ad dovecote are a piece of art in themselves! 

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - it's all in the detail - Chaumont-sur-Loire

  

On our second visit to the garden festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire last Wednesday I paid a bit more attention to the detail on the chateau itself.

  

Permanent gardens of Prés du Goualoup - Carré et Rond

Today we continue exploring the permanent gardens at Chateau Chaumont-sur-Loire by visiting the garden 'Carré et Rond'.This instillation, designed by landscape architect Yu Kongjian, has been here since 2013 as part of the Chinese gardens,our personal favourites at Prés du Goualoup.

You walk over water on a winding path with the red ribbon of colour making you imagine you are walking through a rain shower. 

You can check out more on this garden on the official website of the garden festival here.