Remarkable French Gardens: The Garden of the Priory of Notre Dame d’Orsan

This Sunday we visit one of France’s ’Jardins Remarkables’, the garden at the ancient Priory of Notre Dame d’Orsan. Reflecting the religious history of the priory which dates from 1107, the garden is full of christian symbolism, but it also follows the monastic tradition of using gardens to feed both the body and the soul. There are extraordinary vegetable gardens, orchards, and an area for the cultivation of medicinal plants - even the walls of the labyrinth are made of edible trees. But all of those practical elements are contained within magical garden rooms, where windows in hedges offer glimpses into other worlds, and which continually surprise and delight... Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ 🏰 I’m the chatelaine of the 16th century Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️In ’Sundays at the Chateau’, I answer all your questions about life at the chateau. There’s lots of history, interior decoration, gardens, cooking