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A Place for Love
On April 1st, when it opens for the first time in the season, Giverny is like a sleeping beauty. Still a bit dreamy, it awakes gradually. Lovers in their own dreams start walking around or sitting on...
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Pink Blossom at Giverny
In the 19th Century, trees used to be white in Spring. There were white blossoms of cherry trees, white plum trees, white pear trees… Apple trees were slightly tinted with pink when budding, but...
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Path at Giverny
A quiet path, early in the morning in Claude Monet’s water garden at Giverny. The big tree on the right is the trunk of a taxodium, a deciduous coniferous that loves river sides. The big leaves at its...
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Just Before Opening
March at Giverny is time for the last tasks before the gates open to visitors on April 1st. The last pruning, clipping, mowing, raking… before D-Day. While the gardeners take advantage of the empty...
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Monet’s Garden in Early April
This is what you can expect if you are visiting Giverny in Early April. The white and pink magnolias are in blossom. Very soon, their flowers will fall on the lawns, creating a white circle at the foot...
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Monet’s Pond
This is Monet’s pond at Giverny seen from the Japanese Bridge in May, when the wisterias are in bloom. The water lily pads float like islands on the surface. No flowers yet. Short before closing time,...
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Impressionist Spring Colors
While Giverny is closed for the winter, the gardeners of Fondation Monet are busier than ever. They are getting Monet’s gardens ready for next spring. After pulling out the annuals and cutting the...
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The Early Spring Garden
This is what Claude Monet could see when he gazed through his bedroom’s window in April. Last year spring was very early and the first colors were already there at the opening of the garden....
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The Crystal Clear Pond
As long as the water is still cold, the algaes don’t feel like growing. They wait patiently for better times to come. In March, the water of Monet’s pond is so clear that the bottom looks close,...
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This Extraordinary Spring Glow
In April, as soon as the sun shines, Monet’s garden radiates. The colors are brighter than ever. Greens are vibrant. Red tulips flame in their complementary color. All the upside down bells of the...
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An Invisible Pattern
Seen on a map or from the windows of his home, Monet’s flower garden aligns straight lines that ressemble almost a grid. But because Monet raised the flower beds, an oblique look through the garden...
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Signs of Spring
The season has officially changed today! To celebrate the arrival of spring, let’s take a walk in Monet’s gardens at Giverny to look for the very first flowers. So far they concentrate in the best...
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The Big Tulip Show
In late April, Monet’s flower garden at Giverny shimmers of the colors of thousands of tulips and other spring bulbs. Used like little dots of paint on a canvas, their planting is so subtle that it...
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The Tulips of Giverny
The name of Monet and his garden at Giverny evoke specific flowers: water lilies, wisterias, irises in large rows… It rarely brings up images of tulips. The big tulip show of April is a surprise to...
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