A garden worth painitng indeed
A garden worth painting
Such a well known painting by Monet of his garden in Giverny.
Oh, how I would love to visit there. My Granny and Grandad had a print of this painting in their lounge and I studied it in A level Art History. I have looked at it for hours.
I would so like to see the place that inspired it.
Photo: El Brown
I remember going to Paris as an art student and seeing the waterlily paintings for the first time in and being enchanted.
Take a look at the real thing …. I have just showed my daughter and her eyes were wide. ‘Oh mummy, how beautiful, can we go there?’
Photo: Savagecat
Oh how I would love to go there too how beautiful. A garden worth painting indeed.
Monet lived at Giverny from 1883 to 1926 and spent all his money and time developing these beautiful gardens. Apparently he told a friend,
“All my money goes into my garden,” he said. But also: “I am in raptures.’
According to the toursit guide to the gardens…
‘Monet did not like organized nor constrained gardens. He married flowers according to their colours and left them to grow rather freely’.
I have to say I like his style!
Waterlilies are top of my list next time I go to the garden centre. I’m now wondering how to get a little bridge in my garden too. Hmmm. (May require a house move/updgrade)
that garden is also on my list of places to visit – so beautiful x
Oh my goodness how wonderful – I would absolutely love to go there. Was a fantastic post Becky. Weirdly I had this funnily feeling with the first Monet, I’d forgotten a took a photo at Wisley last year which is similar – maybe they planned it that way. Lovely post x
Would you be very jealous and hate me for ever if I said I went to Monet’s Garden last year?! It’s 2½ hours from where we live and every bit as god as the guidebooks say. This is a link to a blog I wrote about it. https://eco-gites.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-trip-to-monets-garden.html
My mother took me there and I loved it. I would love to take my own children one day. I ADORE the quote from the tour guide. It’s just perfect. I wish I had the knack to create a garden like that. I don’t like order and over planning in the garden, but I don’t seem to have the ability to create romance like that either, but I can admire that in others.
Oh yes I really agree, I would love to visit. I went to the Yves st Laurent garden in Marrakech a few years ago, it was magnificent.
I have tried paint plants in my garden, but with no success, so I stick to photographing them. Oh to have a fraction of Monet’s talent.
ah yes, good old Monet. i would love to one day go to paris as well
I love visual arts and I can why flowers and gardens inspired a lot of famous paintings. they are just too pretty and they need to be immortalized =)
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Oh i agree
Those pictures are beautiful and so well know, I bet the garden is as beautiful. I haven never been but would consider it
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oh yes indeed
My mum has been to Giverny and says it is beautiful. I you would love to visit there one day.
Oh you have no idea how much I’d love to go there! Really inspiring Becky – thank you for sharing x
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Most welcome Annie
oh i would so love to visit that garden x