Château de Miromesnil

The next day we started the trip properly and our first visit was to Château de Miromesnil. It’s a beautiful castle with a splendid kitchen garden. It is also one of the places I visited when I was a student and went to Normandy for the first time. On that trip I stayed with my godmother who lives in Normandy for almost half the year. 

I have loved great kitchen gardens since my first visit and the one at Miromesnil is a truly wonderful classic potager. I saw it then in August so it was a little different to see it in May this time. Interesting though, this time around it was about the small plants and raising them.

Hardening off the small plants.

A great potager offers something for all the senses, parrot tulips right here.

A stunning tree peony.

Quince, Chaenomeles sp. edible and beautiful.