A walk around the International Garden festival - gardens number 4 & 4b

We are taking you on a walk around  this year's (2020) International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire by revealing the gardens using images from our own recent visit. This year's theme is 'Return to Mother Earth'. This is garden number 3 - ' Drôle de trogne '. You can get a detailed explanation of this garden on the festival's website here  

This is garden number 4b - 'Survient la terre, jaillit la vie'. Detailed explanation of this garden on the festival's website here

Thursday's taken in Touraine - 'Avenue des tournesols'

A walk around the International Garden festival - gardens number 2 & 3

We are taking you on a walk around  this year's  (2020) International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire by revealing the gardens using images from our own recent visit. This year's theme is 'Return to Mother Earth'. This is garden number 2 - ' Le Jardin Mandala'. You can get a detailed explanation of this garden on the festival's website here

This is garden number 3 - ' Régénération '. Detailed explanation of this garden on the festival's website here

Wednesday is Loches day - make time to go.

More on Loches here

A walk around the International Garden festival - garden number 1 'Origines'

We are taking you on a walk around  this year's  (2020) International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire by revealing the gardens using images from our own recent visit. This year's theme is 'Return to Mother Earth' in which spheres, perhaps unsurprisingly, feature a lot. and this is garden number 1 - 'Origines'. 

You can get a detailed explanation of this garden on the festival's website here

Tuesday for towns - Chaumont-sur-Loire

The town of Chaumont-sur-Loire is dominated by its chateau with the town itself consisting of an an unremarkable 2 km stretch of buildings along the south bank of the river Loire.

It has a popular cycle path along the riverbank and during high season boat trips are offered on traditional craft of the region.

Their is an entrance to the chateau on the riverside road but using this entails a not so leisurely climb up a steep driveway. The entrance at the rear of the chateau offers easier access to the garden festival and plenty of car parking space.

The town offers one of the rare crossings of the river Loire with the next bridges being at Amboise to the west and Blois to the east.