Parc Floral Autumn glory

Clumps of crysanthemums, blazing grasses and a path that you can't walk on composed of millions of pansies leading round the corner to?  Who knows?  (Mystery is always good in a garden) caught my eye in the Parc Floral in Vincennes on a sunny November day.

Pretty tree!

Can't go wrong with your Autumn pics.  Simple tree in my little town, really pretty.  So many of them around.  Take the time to appreciate them before we descend into winter and the bare branches.  I can't help stopping to look.  On Saturday, in the twilight the leaves hummed with colour, it towered quietly over the green space and I felt the true majestic quality of this tree.

I'm pretty sure the Druids thought that trees were sacred.  In that moment, I felt it too.

Changes

Here's two flower beds that I often walk past in the Jardin du Luxembourg.  They were planted with geraniums all summer and now they have these enormous clumps of crysanthemums.  Not sure how long these will last, but I imagine they'll probably change them before winter.  I'm betting it's going to be pansies!

Autum is a very easy time of year to take a beautiful landscape photos - it's almost cheating because it's so easy.

Anyway, here's some pretty lovely images taken today.  I thought the grasses in particular were absolutely humming with colour and vibrancy.  Gorgeous!

Seen in Paris

Walking past an open gate in Boulogne I spotted this unusual display outside a lawyer's office (not usually known for their sense of humour or artistic tastes) You could definitely try this at home.  Not sure how to get hold or the oversize apple cores but certainly suspending pebbles on wire supports is do-able and a very cute way of displaying seaside finds.

Smart winter displays in this beautifully kept shopping village.  Simple but smart and will last throughout the winter.  Note the pots are always in groups of three.  Copy these displays for winter!

A little Tidy Up in Montrouge

A little tidy up in a cute garden space in Montrouge, Paris which made quite a dramatic difference.  I took up all the wooden tiles and put plastic underneath them so that the owner no longer needed to come back from her travels to find her space overgrown with weeds pushing their way through.  I suggested she put small evergreen bushes (Choiysa for example) in the border, with some bulbs to cheer up the winter gloom.  In this way, the weeds won't be appearing so much too.