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Hmmm .... I can feel those radishes crunching between my teeth!!!

Gosh - I thought it was a bee-hive!

gorgeous piece though - and will look gorgeous dressed with plants! Good thinking !!!

Thank you Xela! Lovely to be here!!

I can't remember the exact name ... but I remember I bought it because it had a british sounding name .... I will rack my brains and come back to you on that one!

I've never seen one of those before!!! Magnificent - lucky you being able to capture that magic moment!!

Looks like I stepped through the wardrobe into Narnia!!!

Wow! That is TRULY gorgeous! I would love to have a pond ... but little toddlers make it tricky right now ... but it is a plan!!! I will use this photo as inspiration, that's for sure!

This is truly GORGEOUS!!!

I don't know what it is ... they love the garden gnomes and all that, but they find fairies kind of .. well ... just odd. You should see the faces of my parents in law when they see my fairies! Not their scene at all - I think they think its my 'British eccentricy'! But I'm scouring ebay for some nice garden fairies and they will all be inhabiting the garden soon - I'll post some piccies as soon as they've settled in, ok?

Yes you are right, roses are MY THING. I planted them all when I got here (this was all abandoned waste land...). Like yourself, I find rose gardens warm and welcoming! Am off to have a look at your pix now!

Thank you!!!!

Hi Chrispook, those are very interesting ideas, I particularly like the rose arch - I've been thinking about that for a while, just not sure on the arch dimensions and things but it would fit in perfectly wouldnt it? I like your ideas and will explore them carefully! Thank you very much!!

Xela : yes that is lavender : we live just outside of Lyon, in the Rhone-Alpes area. I love smells in the garden - especially lemon verbena, lavender, roses ... wonderful wifts creep in through the kitchen window as I'm doing the washing up!

This is beautiful! It looks like some kind of aircraft from outer space almost, doesn't it!! Fabulous!

These are fabulous!!!

This is very interesting ! It looks like a stick insect! What is it?

These are SOO gorgeous! I have some too and am waiting impatiently for them to flower - aren't they just stunning????

I love these flowers - I have noted the name and intend to look for some here - are they 'crawlers'?

Wow, this is truly amazing - is this in Wales? (sorry if I sound ignorant - I just don't know the UK very well!!). I love your pix though!!

Oh yes - like yourself I expect, its a passion I cannot control! Even the kids have been brainwashed!!! Isn't it wonderful fun though???

Yup - she is very very cute, and I'd like to get her a few friends but garden fairies are very very difficult to find in France. But I haven't given up the fight! I will find more yet!

oh my god that blue bench is out of this world ...
... this has given me GREAT inspiration to do one up for my garden too
.. thanks for letting me plagiarise!!

I moved to Lyon in 1991 and haven't moved since - and for the first time almost EVER, I have my own garden!! We bought a house two years ago on the outskirts of the city and I am having a WILD time gardening gardening gardening and occasionally gardening. I don't know Bordeaux at all although I know it is absolutely fabulous .... am off to have a peak at some of your plantations now!!!

Awfully beautiful though, a work of art almost, don't you think???

Could this be the result of global warming, she asked out of sheer paranoia ....

My goodness that is truly a gorgeous little garden creature!! Very beautiful indeed - how do I get one??? I love your passion, taste and zeal!!!

A beautiful, reknowned garden, famous throughout France for its fabulous roses. A stroll through this Parc de la Tete d'Or is sheer joy for gardening fans, particularly if you have a penchant for roses