Take advantage of a sunny Saturday and visit the garden festival...

If you have not already done so, today would be a great day to take in the garden festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire where the temporary and permanent displays will delight you!

Some things are permanent...

We have been featuring some of 2018's gardens from International Garden Festival but for us some of the best are within the permanent displays within the 'Pres du Goualoup' area of the gardens. A favourite of ours is the Chinese garden by Che Bing Chiu.

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - 'Le Jardin du Present Intensement',

Designers description of the garden here.

A flower a day (8) from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Flowers from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - 'Bulles de Pensees'

'Bit of a yarn' with this garden - all will be explained by the designers description of the garden here.

A flower a day (7) from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Flowers from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire 

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - 'Le Jardin des Supplices'

This garden is a reinterpretation of 'The Garden of Tortures', a novel by the eclectic late 19th century writer Octave Mirbeau. You can read more of the designers description of the garden here.

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - 'Le Voyage Interieur'

You can read the designers description of the garden here.

A flower a day (6) from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Flowers from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire 

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

Our current 'a garden a day' and 'a flower a day' are brought to you courtesy of the International Garden Festival at chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire (above).

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - 'Le filet de pensees'

A string of thoughts and fishing poles

You can read the designers description of the garden here.

A flower a day (5) from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Flowers from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire 

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - 'Avant Garden'

Inspired by the poem 'A Cloud in Trousers' by the futuristic playwright and poet Vladimir Mayakovsky

You can read the designers description of the garden here

A flower a day (4) from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Flowers from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire 

A flower a day (3) from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - 'Le livre de sable'

A garden a day from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire - today 'Le Livre de Sable'

No beginning and no end!

You can read the designers description of the garden here.

A flower a day (2) from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - ''Attrape-reve"

 A garden a day from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire - today ''Attrape-reve" the dream-catcher which is meant to portray the contrast between dreams and nightmares.

You can read the designers description of the garden here.

A flower a day from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

We are going to feature a flower a day from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival 2018 - a garden a day - 'La possibilite d'une ile'

We are going to feature some of our favourite gardens from this year's International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire . We will start with one of our favourite gardens 'Lapossibilite d'une ile'

You can read the designers description of the garden here.