Dear Mommy, I’ve been gardening for 55 years. Here is a tip. People who keep cows and such love to find people to take the manure. I bet an ad in a local paper would find someone who will gladly deliver it to get it gone. Let the pile sit to compost before using. Then free fertilizer. I dream of coming to help you. I had a design company and I see so much potential. Even starting your own feee plants from cutting. I just made 40 roses for a hedge. It’s such fun. Ahh but per chance to dream .....I will watch from afar and send all my best wishes.
That was such a treat. Even through the computer, I could feel the serenity of those gardens. I could almost smell the fragrance, feel the heat and hear the drone of industrious bees. No wonder this gave you so many ideas for your own gardens. If I had the money, I'd send funds for a garden designer and a month full of willing workers. But I know that even without those helpers, you will get there in your own time. What you've already accomplished at Lalande is stunning and it's exciting that there are so many projects ahead of you.
Stephanie looked so beautiful in this vlog..her dress and hat were perfect...from this year I have decided to make an effort in my dressing as well... Percy is also a great dresser..
Stephanie‘s mother is an inspiration to all who are 80 and beyond, she’s bubbly,she has vim ,she has Vigor, and vitality, she’s lying she’s only 40 years old,Only ,40 years young , bless her loving heart, and her husband Percy.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👍🏿
You need to get a statue of St. Fiacre, the patron saint of gardeners. He has blessed my garden this spring. Getting a landscape designer to help you with a garden plan is a great idea. When I had it done, I asked them to design the garden so I could do it is stages as my budget allowed.
Sarah Kay I love that! A statue of St. Fiacre for the garden! That would be wonderful in La Lande’s walled gardens! (I would love to place a tribute to him in my modest gardens, as well.) 🙏💕
Mummy is so pretty. Her cheekbones are really amazing. She is so happy and out and looking at lovely things! She is so so adorable! I am so happy for you all getting away! I love you all!
Good Afternoon, to my fellow Chateau De Le Land lovers from Sunny Central Florida. “Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness” George Sands
Thank you Stephanie. What a wonderful treat allowing us to accompany you, maman, Marie & Antoine on your tour round the beautiful gardens of the Priory. We couldn’t have had a more knowledgeable guide than yourself. I throughly enjoyed my walk through the gardens & loved every part of it. What an amazing place!❤️
I wonder that tourisme France knows how many people you are influencing to want to come and visit France and your region in particular. This is absolutely delightful and thank you for creating a wonderful half hour of fantasy and imagination. To be lost amidst the green and herbs and foliage. Is so delightful. And also a side note. I so appreciate your love of history and architecture and sharing this with all of us. Cannot wait to see how you take all of these ideas for to Lalande
I shared and watched this at the same time with my 77 year old mom who is a gardener since we cant be together due to the quarantine. Thank you for sharing this wonderful garden with us. You let us forgot about all that for a little while. Your mom and you are an inspiration for sharing your lives with us. ❤️
I gasped out loud when I saw where you were. My favorite garden anywhere. Thank you for giving us such a wonderful tour of Prieure D'Orsan. It is so inspirational!
I've had my second view! So many beautiful aspects to those gardens!!! The most enjoyable part of this video is listening to the explanations that go with the tour and hearing Stephanie's excitement as she sees each new space! I can see her mom panicking a little at the size of Stephanie's dream! LOL. Don't forget as we get older it is harder to tolerate the heat, Stephanie, which is probably why your mum is so aware of the shade these gardens afford! Can't wait to see your gardens develop!!!
That garden was ethereal.. enchanting.... I am a gardener & appreciate the loveliness of nature... thank you for showing it to us ... Wish I lived closer so I could help Mummy in the garden !!😎
Hello again Stephanie and wonderful family. Well that tour was amazing. Here we are in Australia with 140 acres to make a garden and plant trees and you have given the husband and I some EYE CANDY! Wonderful. Thank you for sharing - oh and taking us to France with you. Love your channel.
As always a great vlog !!! My compliments for your background info. I'm now really addicted, and it makes my week well again. Always something to look forward to. THANKS !!!
Thank you for your vlogs Stephanie , they are so joyous !, what a beautiful garden . I live in Scotland but trying to create a French style garden . Iam coming to France next year to visit carcassone , really looking forward to it ! All the best to your lovely friends and family .
As an ethnically French nature lover born and still living in NY, I so enjoy your videos, and feel a deep longing for what feels like "home" to me. Seems there are many Chateaus for sale with their beautiful rolling countryside all around... I saw one online today that I would love to buy if circumstances would permit... you're so gifted in this ministry, Steph, you lift it to the next level. You Mom is so cute too. God bless.
I'm watching through the older chateau diaries and really loved seeing the garden in this one. I was particularly moved to see Richard the Lionheart's tomb. I didn't know he was buried in France! My sister discovered a few years ago that King Richard was our great, great, great, etc. grandpa so it was quite special to see this :)
What a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon, the Gardens are beautiful but your Mothers reaction to them was pure love and joy🌺🌸🌼🌻🌹🌷💐🌱🌿☘️🍁🌳🍀🐏🐝🍎🍐🍑🍆🧄🥕🍇🍷❤️
Thank you for a lovely tour through the gardens with your mom and dear friends. Hi Antoine! What a great mask your mom made for you. I must make something similar for my grandsons, if you don't mind.
In 2008 I was able to travel from Canada to England. Our day spent exploring the Hampton Court gardens and buildings felt just like this. Of course I was more awestruck, coming from an area where most buildings are less than 100 years old. I’m so happy for this same type of visit today.
Once more, but what can I do - your outfit is magnificent! You look like a fairy queen. Thank you for the tour and the historical information you provided us with, you always manage to do that so well. Forever a fan of you, Stephanie, and all of you lovers in the videos.
So inspiring!!! Can't wait to see the Lalande garden progressing. ADORE the idea of large planters on the terrace interspersed between tables. Selma can build some from the old wood. ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
How beautiful!! Thank you for the tour my day has been brightened by it . I was laughing at the comment I’ve come to a spiritual dead end!! Thanks again
I cannot begin to tell you how much I loved this video! I'm a interior designer who's become hooked on making beautiful exterior areas around my English cottage-style home, too!!! I wish I could have gone on this garden tour with you all! You truly have been helpful and inspiring during this "home time". Thank you so much!💖💐🌹💖💖💖💖
Such a beautiful VLOG! Out and about again, how exciting. Thank you for taking us along. What a truly beautiful inspirational place. Stephanie you looked lovely. So many great ideas have been gleamed from these lovely gardens. It will without doubt have a big impact on La Lande. Mummy Isabel, you where clearly in your heaven. Love the vegetable fountain idea..
One of my favourite pastimes denied to me at the moment is garden visiting, they're not open yet here in the UK but this video made up for it. What a beautiful place and just my kind of garden to visit. There was so much to see and yes plenty of super ideas. Thank you for taking me with you. 💟
Anne Forster Hey if you are missing visiting garden here in the UK a lot of museums and historic houses are doing online tours at the minute which are worth checking out. I did watch Hampton Court Palace’s one the other day and it showed you the garden.
I received your card the mail last week and I've already framed it. Hope to have many more in the future. I love what you wrote and I can't wait to see the changes in the Chateau's gardens. Today's vlog was also an inspiration for my gardens, though mine aren't as large as yours.
Hi, I just want to tell you that I discovered you about a week ago and now you have 138 views more, because I couldn‘t stop watching. Your videos bring such joy and happiness and they are a real treat. Just keep going, because you definitely have a new subscriber! Greetings from Germany ❤️
Hi Stephanie. What a beautiful video! Thank you for sharing. For those of us who like gardening, this was very inspirational. I love the sound of your voice as you served as our tour guide. Hope all of you have a wonderful week.
Inspirational is the key word to describe this vlog. True eye candy..........so many gardening ideas and so little time. Mummy ''where are my scissors'' priceless!! So nice to see you all out & about. Je vous aime xx.
Look into Permaculture Design if you are so inclined. I have been studying Permaculture for 8 years and it is a happy medium to learn all the little designs that work with your land and climate, and in your case, the aesthetics. My mind keeps swirling with all the designs I would like to do for your property, all the property, not just the walled garden. But take note from this priory's design how close to the building the gardens, kitchen gardens and often visited food gardens are positioned to the buildings and kitchens. Note the directions of the sun from sunrise to sunset and the directions of the gardens to make the sun fall just so. You mentioned many of the things, the raised garden beds, the straw/mulch, someone mentioned the manure in comments. As much as I would love to visit and offer my knowledge for the experience and labour, I am in Canada trying to figure this one out for myself as I would love to buy a house and land in Nova Scotia area and adapt it to a Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture and market garden farm. WWOOF is also a site (willing worker on organic farm) that have travellers to France or already there (non-organic is also welcome). Just a suggestion. Another large French Chateau has converted their gardens and orchards, and now a winery to Permaculture Design Principals and Ethics and they too are wonderful. There are many videos on youtube of permaculture if you are interested. It is a good place to start ideas. When you get the land surveyor, ask for duplicates of the land maps from birds eye view, with measurements of distance and elevations, as that is a great starting point in designing the property. I hope this helps and good luck, I have be green with envy, it's a permaculturists dream land.
Good morning from Australia! What a wonderful garden..and I loved the sound of the birds!❤️ a bit cold to go out in my garden today, so I am glad you took us out in one of yours👏👏
Always look forward to your news. You and Isabelle are carbon copies of my daughters and me ! I’m in Le Cap and from 1 Juin we can buy our lovely SA wine and -- exercise anytime of la journée. One day I shall be at Lalonde to visit. . But in the meantime, thanks for the magical times and Isabelle I so wish you and Percy could be together soon. Your anniversary must be soon. Xx
It's still a beautiful place The Priory of Notre Dame d'Orsan. France is called the garden of Europe and it's true. Luckily the ancient knowledge of herbs isn't lost Stephanie. Still taught untill today. Wish I could sit with mommy and help her design the garden.
Oh my goodness! What a fabulous, beautiful garden. Of course, La Londe's will put it shame in years to come, that goes without saying...but I agree..you do need to do some negotiating with some local farmers. Good manure will make your soil so rich and healthy that you will have the most amazing garden in all of France! As soon as this lockdown is over will send you something for your garden from WA, State.
Oooohhhh... what a BEAUTIFUL garden, thank you for taking me there!! An inspiration indeed!! 😍 About the hostas and ferns, you can eat the young shoots of them both, so they are planted there for consumption, I’m sure. And one thing about the straw, if Mummy really wants to try that in your garden, make VERY sure that it is clean straw... I used straw in my zucchini and pumpkin field last year, in the strawberry patch as well, to have less work weeding. Right. Then I had a field of corn instead... 🤪 Thank you again so much!! 🌻💚
Thank you so much for this video.♡ This garden has been one of the inspirations for my own potager in Washington state, USA. The climate here in the middle of the state is similar to France. I shall be watching this video multiple times. (Also, Mummy was fabulous, as usual)♡
P.S. - I hope you will continue with the "Remarkable French Gardens" series. ♡ The potager at Villandry is another favorite. Maybe you could get Michael to help you by visiting Giverny. As an artist, he would be a natural there, and it is much closer for him to visit. ♡
What a gorgeous video! Stephanie you look like a beautiful flower in your romantic looking dress and Lacey hat and Mommy is so adorable! I love hearing her comments. And the gardens are to die for and hope you can implement some of the ideas from it to your lovely Chateau grounds. I could hear the excitement of the possibilities in your voice.
Looking forward once again to see you all at the mesmerising Chateau LaLande, on a lovely sunny Sunday evening with my favourite people! With love once again from (Cymru) Wales🏴
I live in Nefyn! 6 miles from Pwllheli, all the best and keep watching the fantastic Chateau Diaries with Stephanie and her mother and friends! Hwyl fawr. 🏴
That was simply amazing! Love how they used natural materials to form the raised beds & in so many other structures. When i see Antwan, i can’t help but think how he is getting such an education to carry LeLand into the next generation.
Thank you for this most delightful tour of these beautiful grounds. It was a pleasure to tag along with you three lovely ladies and with Antoine. You were all so gracious despite the heat. I’m a gardener, so I will be watching this Vlog again and taking photos ... Gardeners are dreamers ..... and wonderful things can be created when we dream. Stephanie you were the perfect guide/hostess ... as always. It is your wonderful personality, good cheer, joie-de-vivre, and many gifts that delight us and make Chateau Lalande such a wonderful place. I hope the seeds arrive soon 🥰🥰. I love your idea of naming your eventual “garden rooms/areas” at Lalande by different names: Marie / Antoine / Isabelle / Stephanie / .... Maybe keep a wonderful Journal of the developments at Lalande, so your Legacy can live on ....
Considering the snow falling on my crabapple tree blossoms,I just can not express the joy you created in my heart today. You are lovely and the Priority Gardens are the same. My heart to all of the garden lovers all over the world. Thank you for the joy you created for me today and always!
What gorgeous gardens! Please tell you mummy, for me, that she is doing a wonderful job, and La Lande’s walled gardens are looking beautiful! Also, to remember that these other gardens have a team of gardeners, and the gardens have been worked on for a long time. What an idyllic tour you all had. Thank you for sharing it with us. 💕🙏
Wow so beautiful and peaceful. You will get there eventually, look at what you already achieved in the château. Remember they must have an army of gardeners.
Merci..what a wonderland..the most beautiful garden with so many magical places to be inspired..you all had a day of joy..thanks for the tour..so many ideas..♥
Thank you for sharing this most beautiful garden your. It’s like a virtual escape from lockdown. You live in a most beautiful part of the world! It is a real pleasure to see you and Mummy! Looking forward to the next visit. Hugs from sunny Arizona 💖😎💖
The pear orchard! Circle within a square with lavender on the edges.
I love it
Dear Mommy, I’ve been gardening for 55 years. Here is a tip. People who keep cows and such love to find people to take the manure. I bet an ad in a local paper would find someone who will gladly deliver it to get it gone. Let the pile sit to compost before using. Then free fertilizer. I dream of coming to help you. I had a design company and I see so much potential. Even starting your own feee plants from cutting. I just made 40 roses for a hedge. It’s such fun. Ahh but per chance to dream .....I will watch from afar and send all my best wishes.
Rebecca, I wish you to be able to visit Mommy and Stefanie. Put this in the universe and it has good chance to take form. Bonne Chance
please do go and help!! go look on workaway!
Yes--the fields where Stephanie downloads her files can also be the place they upload their fertilizer, if the cows' owner agrees!
That was such a treat. Even through the computer, I could feel the serenity of those gardens. I could almost smell the fragrance, feel the heat and hear the drone of industrious bees. No wonder this gave you so many ideas for your own gardens. If I had the money, I'd send funds for a garden designer and a month full of willing workers. But I know that even without those helpers, you will get there in your own time. What you've already accomplished at Lalande is stunning and it's exciting that there are so many projects ahead of you.
The Garden of Priory is divine. Heaven on earth. I love the arches and all the different gardens.
Stephanie looked so beautiful in this vlog..her dress and hat were perfect...from this year I have decided to make an effort in my dressing as well... Percy is also a great dresser..
Sshihokfllkp
i know, she has made me so inspired to dress differently, she always looks so beautiful
Stephanie‘s mother is an inspiration to all who are 80 and beyond, she’s bubbly,she has vim ,she has Vigor, and vitality, she’s lying she’s only 40 years old,Only ,40 years young , bless her loving heart, and her husband Percy.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👍🏿
It’s going to rain soon - perfect time to curl up with a cup of tea, Stephanie and all of the lovely people of
LaLande!!! So excited!!!!!!
You need to get a statue of St. Fiacre, the patron saint of gardeners. He has blessed my garden this spring. Getting a landscape designer to help you with a garden plan is a great idea. When I had it done, I asked them to design the garden so I could do it is stages as my budget allowed.
Sarah Kay I love that! A statue of St. Fiacre for the garden! That would be wonderful in La Lande’s walled gardens! (I would love to place a tribute to him in my modest gardens, as well.) 🙏💕
Those are kantha quilts in the gift shop. They are from India. Beautiful and inspiring vlog.
Mummy is so pretty. Her cheekbones are really amazing. She is so happy and out and looking at lovely things! She is so so adorable! I am so happy for you all getting away! I love you all!
Feeling a bit envious this morning. Australia has so much beauty but no real history which I love. The priory and gardens are just beautiful.
We are the same in NZ. Lots of natural beauty but not the same sense of history.
@@7ofthem Where did you live in NZ?
@@7ofthem love christchurch!!
Good Afternoon, to my fellow Chateau De Le Land lovers from Sunny Central Florida. “Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness” George Sands
I'm from Central Florida also! Sipping wine🥂 and watching Mummy and Stephanie!❤🌹🥀🥀🥀
Thank you Stephanie. What a wonderful treat allowing us to accompany you, maman, Marie & Antoine on your tour round the beautiful gardens of the Priory. We couldn’t have had a more knowledgeable guide than yourself. I throughly enjoyed my walk through the gardens & loved every part of it. What an amazing place!❤️
Mummy is in her element. She looks so radiant!
How I'd love to see rural France again. What a wonderful place to live.
I wonder that tourisme France knows how many people you are influencing to want to come and visit France and your region in particular. This is absolutely delightful and thank you for creating a wonderful half hour of fantasy and imagination. To be lost amidst the green and herbs and foliage. Is so delightful.
And also a side note. I so appreciate your love of history and architecture and sharing this with all of us. Cannot wait to see how you take all of these ideas for to Lalande
I shared and watched this at the same time with my 77 year old mom who is a gardener since we cant be together due to the quarantine. Thank you for sharing this wonderful garden with us. You let us forgot about all that for a little while. Your mom and you are an inspiration for sharing your lives with us. ❤️
I gasped out loud when I saw where you were. My favorite garden anywhere. Thank you for giving us such a wonderful tour of Prieure D'Orsan. It is so inspirational!
I've had my second view! So many beautiful aspects to those gardens!!! The most enjoyable part of this video is listening to the explanations that go with the tour and hearing Stephanie's excitement as she sees each new space! I can see her mom panicking a little at the size of Stephanie's dream! LOL. Don't forget as we get older it is harder to tolerate the heat, Stephanie, which is probably why your mum is so aware of the shade these gardens afford! Can't wait to see your gardens develop!!!
That garden was ethereal.. enchanting.... I am a gardener & appreciate the loveliness of nature... thank you for showing it to us ... Wish I lived closer so I could help Mummy in the garden !!😎
Hello again Stephanie and wonderful family. Well that tour was amazing. Here we are in Australia with 140 acres to make a garden and plant trees and you have given the husband and I some EYE CANDY! Wonderful. Thank you for sharing - oh and taking us to France with you. Love your channel.
I love the aerial shots in the intro. Helps me orient myself.
What an enchanting garden!! I can see why you were all inspired! Thank you for taking us along!
So enchanting! Your Mom,what a blessing you have. Thank you for the tour. I will be watching over and over. What a lovely place, Thank y’all
As always a great vlog !!! My compliments for your background info. I'm now really addicted, and it makes my week well again. Always something to look forward to. THANKS !!!
You must remember that the yearly upkeep on a garden like this is a hundred thousand a year. You lovely people are doing just fine!!! Love to Mommy,
Thank you for your vlogs Stephanie , they are so joyous !, what a beautiful garden .
I live in Scotland but trying to create a French style garden .
Iam coming to France next year to visit carcassone , really looking forward to it !
All the best to your lovely friends and family .
As an ethnically French nature lover born and still living in NY, I so enjoy your videos, and feel a deep longing for what feels like "home" to me. Seems there are many Chateaus for sale with their beautiful rolling countryside all around... I saw one online today that I would love to buy if circumstances would permit... you're so gifted in this ministry, Steph, you lift it to the next level. You Mom is so cute too. God bless.
You must take Mummy to Chateau de Villandry soon, it is just breath taking
Early morning here in New Zealand, what a nice treat to wake up to, on this rainy, wintry Monday morning. Cant wait.
Rebecca Cerecke it's certainly been a bit chillier this past few days, even across the ditch! Stay warm.
How cold / warm is it in New Zealand now ?
it’s 12 c in a village 2 hour drive north of Stockholm ,Sweden.were I live .soon summer is coming here.
Ea Akerman it is around 12 degs here right now
Where do you live? I just missed the premiere but I woke up to 5.9 earthquake in wellington.
@@Jayrose59 Yeah the earthquake shook my house also, here in Nelson.
I'm watching through the older chateau diaries and really loved seeing the garden in this one. I was particularly moved to see Richard the Lionheart's tomb. I didn't know he was buried in France! My sister discovered a few years ago that King Richard was our great, great, great, etc. grandpa so it was quite special to see this :)
Yay!! I love your French life!! It's beautiful! Isabel is the best Mom ❤️
What a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon, the Gardens are beautiful but your Mothers reaction to them was pure love and joy🌺🌸🌼🌻🌹🌷💐🌱🌿☘️🍁🌳🍀🐏🐝🍎🍐🍑🍆🧄🥕🍇🍷❤️
Thank you for a lovely tour through the gardens with your mom and dear friends. Hi Antoine! What a great mask your mom made for you. I must make something similar for my grandsons, if you don't mind.
In 2008 I was able to travel from Canada to England. Our day spent exploring the Hampton Court gardens and buildings felt just like this. Of course I was more awestruck, coming from an area where most buildings are less than 100 years old. I’m so happy for this same type of visit today.
Once more, but what can I do - your outfit is magnificent! You look like a fairy queen.
Thank you for the tour and the historical information you provided us with, you always manage to do that so well. Forever a fan of you, Stephanie, and all of you lovers in the videos.
Mummy looks gorgeous in her new top!
Thank you again family- gardens and birdsong, bliss.
So inspiring!!! Can't wait to see the Lalande garden progressing. ADORE the idea of large planters on the terrace interspersed between tables. Selma can build some from the old wood. ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
Selmar
Monica Teeling yes I think that would be great. Salmar is so busy but the project would be just perfect for him as his creations are so fantastic 😊
Yes it is heaven Stephanie and Isabelle! Thank you so much for sharing; it was like visiting in person. 🙏🏻
How beautiful!! Thank you for the tour my day has been brightened by it . I was laughing at the comment I’ve come to a spiritual dead end!! Thanks again
I cannot begin to tell you how much I loved this video! I'm a interior designer who's become hooked on making beautiful exterior areas around my English cottage-style home, too!!! I wish I could have gone on this garden tour with you all! You truly have been helpful and inspiring during this "home time". Thank you so much!💖💐🌹💖💖💖💖
I’m so jealous! I want to go there ....NOW! 😍
Such a beautiful VLOG! Out and about again, how exciting. Thank you for taking us along. What a truly beautiful inspirational place. Stephanie you looked lovely. So many great ideas have been gleamed from these lovely gardens. It will without doubt have a big impact on La Lande. Mummy Isabel, you where clearly in your heaven. Love the vegetable fountain idea..
Watched it during the premiere and rewatched it again to catch all the details. Love your hats! Perfect for an adventure out of the chateau 🌿
One of my favourite pastimes denied to me at the moment is garden visiting, they're not open yet here in the UK but this video made up for it. What a beautiful place and just my kind of garden to visit. There was so much to see and yes plenty of super ideas. Thank you for taking me with you. 💟
Anne Forster Hey if you are missing visiting garden here in the UK a lot of museums and historic houses are doing online tours at the minute which are worth checking out. I did watch Hampton Court Palace’s one the other day and it showed you the garden.
Oh please stay safe out there Mummy! But I’m sure that everyone, including me, gained some inspiration! So excited for the chateau’s gardens!
I received your card the mail last week and I've already framed it. Hope to have many more in the future. I love what you wrote and I can't wait to see the changes in the Chateau's gardens. Today's vlog was also an inspiration for my gardens, though mine aren't as large as yours.
Love the use of wattle as an edging... going to borrow that idea!
I loved this episode so much, thank you ❤️
My husband’s grandmother so reminds me of mommy. I just can’t tell you. Thanks for sharing your sweet life 💝
Glorious gardens! Love this field trip to this magical and spiritual place!
This was such an amazing treat today...thank you for taking us on this wonderful journey! Blessings!
Hi, I just want to tell you that I discovered you about a week ago and now you have 138 views more, because I couldn‘t stop watching. Your videos bring such joy and happiness and they are a real treat. Just keep going, because you definitely have a new subscriber! Greetings from Germany ❤️
Hi Stephanie. What a beautiful video! Thank you for sharing. For those of us who like gardening, this was very inspirational. I love the sound of your voice as you served as our tour guide. Hope all of you have a wonderful week.
I love finding out where King Richard is buried.thank you for sharing the history of these places you visit.
Inspirational is the key word to describe this vlog. True eye candy..........so many gardening ideas and so little time. Mummy ''where are my scissors'' priceless!! So nice to see you all out & about. Je vous aime xx.
Look into Permaculture Design if you are so inclined. I have been studying Permaculture for 8 years and it is a happy medium to learn all the little designs that work with your land and climate, and in your case, the aesthetics. My mind keeps swirling with all the designs I would like to do for your property, all the property, not just the walled garden. But take note from this priory's design how close to the building the gardens, kitchen gardens and often visited food gardens are positioned to the buildings and kitchens. Note the directions of the sun from sunrise to sunset and the directions of the gardens to make the sun fall just so. You mentioned many of the things, the raised garden beds, the straw/mulch, someone mentioned the manure in comments. As much as I would love to visit and offer my knowledge for the experience and labour, I am in Canada trying to figure this one out for myself as I would love to buy a house and land in Nova Scotia area and adapt it to a Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture and market garden farm. WWOOF is also a site (willing worker on organic farm) that have travellers to France or already there (non-organic is also welcome). Just a suggestion. Another large French Chateau has converted their gardens and orchards, and now a winery to Permaculture Design Principals and Ethics and they too are wonderful. There are many videos on youtube of permaculture if you are interested. It is a good place to start ideas. When you get the land surveyor, ask for duplicates of the land maps from birds eye view, with measurements of distance and elevations, as that is a great starting point in designing the property. I hope this helps and good luck, I have be green with envy, it's a permaculturists dream land.
Good morning from Australia! What a wonderful garden..and I loved the sound of the birds!❤️ a bit cold to go out in my garden today, so I am glad you took us out in one of yours👏👏
Yes, its a cold today here in NZ. I have the gas fire on!!
Always look forward to your news. You and Isabelle are carbon copies of my daughters and me ! I’m in Le Cap and from 1 Juin we can buy our lovely SA wine and -- exercise anytime of la journée. One day I shall be at Lalonde to visit. . But in the meantime, thanks for the magical times and Isabelle I so wish you and Percy could be together soon. Your anniversary must be soon. Xx
It's still a beautiful place The Priory of Notre Dame d'Orsan. France is called the garden of Europe and it's true. Luckily the ancient knowledge of herbs isn't lost Stephanie. Still taught untill today. Wish I could sit with mommy and help her design the garden.
You could do a video conference and help Mummy that way ??
Skype!
what a wonderful garden , if anyone is interested the lady lying next to Richard is his mother Elinor
If I had such a fashionable hat like that I’m sure I would weed everyday.
what a wonderful time with you in the garden, love the fountain for your walled garden
Ohh those raised garden beds were beautiful 😍😍
Oh my goodness! What a fabulous, beautiful garden. Of course, La Londe's will put it shame in years to come, that goes without saying...but I agree..you do need to do some negotiating with some local farmers. Good manure will make your soil so rich and healthy that you will have the most amazing garden in all of France! As soon as this lockdown is over will send you something for your garden from WA, State.
In Germany we have many chateaus with lovely gardens. One example is the residence in Würzburg. My favorite garden.
Oooohhhh... what a BEAUTIFUL garden, thank you for taking me there!! An inspiration indeed!! 😍
About the hostas and ferns, you can eat the young shoots of them both, so they are planted there for consumption, I’m sure.
And one thing about the straw, if Mummy really wants to try that in your garden, make VERY sure that it is clean straw... I used straw in my zucchini and pumpkin field last year, in the strawberry patch as well, to have less work weeding. Right. Then I had a field of corn instead... 🤪
Thank you again so much!! 🌻💚
This video was my favourite one. Love to see LaLanders exploring wonderful garden 😍
I always drink chamomile, and so many other teas! hehe Putting straw around the bottom of the corn is a great tip too. What a lovely garden.
Thank you so much for this video.♡ This garden has been one of the inspirations for my own potager in Washington state, USA. The climate here in the middle of the state is similar to France. I shall be watching this video multiple times. (Also, Mummy was fabulous, as usual)♡
P.S. - I hope you will continue with the "Remarkable French Gardens" series. ♡
The potager at Villandry is another favorite. Maybe you could get Michael to help you by visiting Giverny. As an artist, he would be a natural there, and it is much closer for him to visit. ♡
One of the reasons why I watch this channel is the learning... Stephanie always knows the story and always teaching about the history of things!!!
I love all the wooden trellises. Such inspiration. Your mother is lovely!
Love the history you share. I didn’t know, nor hadn’t thought about, the story behind a maze.
What a gorgeous video! Stephanie you look like a beautiful flower in your romantic looking dress and Lacey hat and Mommy is so adorable! I love hearing her comments. And the gardens are to die for and hope you can implement some of the ideas from it to your lovely Chateau grounds. I could hear the excitement of the possibilities in your voice.
Looking forward once again to see you all at the mesmerising Chateau LaLande, on a lovely sunny Sunday evening with my favourite people! With love once again from (Cymru) Wales🏴
My mum is from Pwllheli :-)
I live in Nefyn! 6 miles from Pwllheli, all the best and keep watching the fantastic Chateau Diaries with Stephanie and her mother and friends! Hwyl fawr. 🏴
Mari Jones Diolch 😊
Greetings to you from a fellow Welsh fan , from Pembrokeshire 👍🏻🌸😁
MerthyrTydfil 🏴
Oh! Sad sighs from Australia. What a beautiful garden Thankyou ❤️
Ooh virtual day trip 🤗 Can't wait!
That was simply amazing!
Love how they used natural materials to form the raised beds & in so many other structures.
When i see Antwan, i can’t help but think how he is getting such an education to carry LeLand into the next generation.
Fabulous. Lots of inspiration, indeed.
Thank you for this most delightful tour of these beautiful grounds.
It was a pleasure to tag along with you three lovely ladies and with Antoine. You were all so gracious despite the heat. I’m a gardener, so I will be watching this Vlog again and taking photos ... Gardeners are dreamers ..... and wonderful things can be created when we dream. Stephanie you were the perfect guide/hostess ... as always.
It is your wonderful personality, good cheer, joie-de-vivre, and many gifts that delight us and make Chateau Lalande such a wonderful place. I hope the seeds arrive soon 🥰🥰. I love your idea of naming your eventual “garden rooms/areas” at Lalande by different names: Marie / Antoine / Isabelle / Stephanie / .... Maybe keep a wonderful Journal of the developments at Lalande, so your Legacy can live on ....
Very well said!
Lovely just lovely thank you for taking me there
Considering the snow falling on my crabapple tree blossoms,I just can not express the joy you created in my heart today. You are lovely and the Priority Gardens are the same. My heart to all of the garden lovers all over the world. Thank you for the joy you created for me today and always!
What a magical, incredible place. Thank you for taking us along.
What gorgeous gardens! Please tell you mummy, for me, that she is doing a wonderful job, and La Lande’s walled gardens are looking beautiful! Also, to remember that these other gardens have a team of gardeners, and the gardens have been worked on for a long time. What an idyllic tour you all had. Thank you for sharing it with us. 💕🙏
Wow so beautiful and peaceful. You will get there eventually, look at what you already achieved in the château. Remember they must have an army of gardeners.
Thank you so much for sharing these lovely gardens with us.🌷🌺🐛🌻
I love these vlog excursions, thank you so much for taking us along with you. And it's so wonderful to see more and more of Antoine and Marie as well.
Thank you for taking us outside. I’m still stuck as I am in lockdown in Seattle.
I love the structures in the vegetable gardens. Stephanie and Mummy, you've made another fabulous and informative film 😊
Beautiful gardens are a reflection of God's love and delicious food for the soul! Thank you for sharing!
Mummy looks divine. Such a beautiful blouse 🌷🌺
Encore une fois, je vous en pries.
Merci..what a wonderland..the most beautiful garden with so many magical places to be inspired..you all had a day of joy..thanks for the tour..so many ideas..♥
Morning lovely Isabelle, Antoine, Marie and Stephanie. Good to see you're all taking good care on your day out.
loved this tour. I love Mummy, she's always a delight. The bee hotel is for mason bees and other solitary bees. They are great orchard pollinators.
I absolutely love your little trips through history. Thank you so much. 💟☮️
I love the windows in the hedges and those vistas. Very secret garden.
Mummy looks beautiful in her blue floral
Thank you for sharing this most beautiful garden your. It’s like a virtual escape from lockdown. You live in a most beautiful part of the world! It is a real pleasure to see you and Mummy! Looking forward to the next visit. Hugs from sunny Arizona 💖😎💖
Maybe start an earthworm farm, excellent fertilizer for the vegetable gardening at Lalande 💡