Don't feel overwhelmed Stephie Dear. It took them years to get that garden in the condition it's in. Don't worry, you'll see the fruit of your labor little by little. You're doing great.
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!! 🌻💚
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.
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.
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..
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.) 🙏💕
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
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
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. ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
Such an inspirational garden I'm planning to go in June. Thank you for this vlog. There also is a large medicinal garden in Limoges The Jardin botanique de l'Evêché - Botanical Garden of the Bishopric, a botanical garden located behind the Cathedral and Musée de l'Evêché and is open daily without charge, if anyone is intrested.
Limoges is a beautiful city. Well worth the visit specially during Spring since it has many wonderful parks and gardens bursting with flowers. I'm bias. It's my Home Turf on my father's side. I'm related to most old families there.
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 .
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 !!😎
Here in NZ our lockdown is over, as we are now virus free, but it feels like a fortress, as our borders are tightly closed and not likely to open anytime soon.
@@rebeccacerecke4511 that's so great, new Zealanders have got it right, we could certainly learn from you here in UK. I hope you are able to open your doors to the world again soon! 😀
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!
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!❤️
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.
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!
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. ❤️
Just a mask tip: cross the strings before they go behind your ears when you're wearing glasses. It ensures a better fit around your mouth and nose, and doesnt interfere with your glasses xox
@@moinature803 the point of masking is to protect ALL individuals (not just the one wearing the mask). You may judge yourself to be healthy but may come across somebody who is part of the vulnerable population (i.e. people who have multiple underlying conditions like Diabetes, Asthma, Cancer, COPD, recipients of organ transplant, or the very young and older population---wearing a mask protects these vulnerable people). In addition, one may assume one is healthy but actually be Covid positive, yet asymptomatic.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you so much for the happy series! I wanted to ask if it is maybe one day possible to give us viewers some tips about the lovely china and antiques you find in trift stores and second hand shops. What to look for to find such gems? I know it’s maybe a bit of an odd question to ask during lockdown and I know it’s certainly not possible now. I am currently saving up for my own home and would love to start collection my own china from local trift stores. I just don’t know how to find such beautiful gems!
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
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.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👍🏿
St. Fiacre has been recognized as patron saint of gardeners (as well as cab drivers and florists, among other things) since medieval times. Born in Ireland in the 7th century, Fiacre was raised in a monastery.
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.
Stephanie, before you go off too far with designing new gardens and beds at the chateau, please contact me. I can save you much time and heartache. I have a college degree in floriculture/crop science. I do a great deal of ornamental and vegetable gardening including in my own greenhouses. I have studied formal gardens and garden designs of Europe for 3 decades or more. That makes me older than you and younger than your mum and I will leave it at that. I do love so many European gardens and garden designs. I would be happy to get you started in the right direction in your landscaping endeavors and could also be helpful with your designs. I am in the USA but have spent time in many a garden, in the UK and I am quite familiar with the plant material and understanding which plants were popular during different time periods of history. The walled garden at Priory of Notre Dame d'Orsan is further along in growth than your walled garden because of the raised beds (even though yours are raised a bit) and the pea gravel. The sun heats the soil of the raised beds more quickly and the pea gravel absorbs heat during the day. The natural radiant heat is released at night. The walls are tighter than at your chateau and this prevents less wind through the garden too. I noticed your walled garden can be quite windy and the soil is dry. Yes, your soil needs a great deal of amending to get the kind of growth you see at Priory of Notre Dame d'Orsan. So, both you and your mum were correct on why the garden was much further along in growth. The windows in the hedge of this garden help create views which move you from one area of a garden to another. It's just a peek to grab your interest. A good design will draw you down a path with an arch and/or ornament at the end and still create a bit of mystery which makes you want to take the path. The best gardens have me rushing through them because I want to go here and there and everywhere. Sometimes I nearly run through them the first time through, because they are designed so well. You were on the money about the transition between the formal garden and the natural areas. A good formal design will always transition you without a stark contrast. I do have the same feelings you have about gardens with vistas and keeping to the history of the property. It is important that a garden fit with the architecture and blend seamlessly between indoors and out. Gardens are an extension of living space. I have two homes here. One is a farm with a simple cottage style home and my front garden is cottage style with not a blade of grass or lawn to be found. My other home is an 1889-1900 Victorian with more formal gardens than my farm. Gardens need to fit the architecture they are seen with. The Arch hedge, I believe that is how you referred to it, was pleached hedging. Often hornbeams or beach are used for this technique. Many of the hedges in the garden are beach. They need a lot of work to keep them maintained. They need sheared several times a year. The vegetable garden was interesting in the way they used the wattle fencing around the beds as structure and also to add age to the garden. This takes you back hundreds of years. You said this garden was the same climate and the same soil as your chateau. It may be the same climate but it is most definitely not the same soil. Soil can be quite different within just a few feet. I won't go into why. It would take too long to explain here. Understanding this is a very common mistake that gardeners make. It takes a great deal of knowledge and experience to have a beautiful garden and most hobby gardeners don't study enough to understand the science and chemistry of the soil. This is the first time I have commented. I found your channel late one night several months ago. You kept me up all night as I watched nearly every video the first night and into the next day. I have enjoyed your journey and stories as you restore your home. Personally, I have loved the Victorian era for decades. My husband and I would pour over architectural designs of Victorian homes when we were first married. Through the years we toured Victorian homes, read books about them, and studied the time period. I love design, gardening/preserving, cooking and antiques. His hobby, which was handed down from his father, is woodworking. He enjoys both home building as well as doing all of the electrical work, as well as building fine furniture or recreating original wood trims. About a dozen years ago we bought an old Victorian with good bones and good woodwork. It needed a great deal of work. We gutted most of the plumbing and did a great deal with the electrical. Some of the original wiring was still being used in this house. I don't know how the house had not burned down because of it. It took 10 months before we could begin to move into the home and of course it still needs a lot to restore the third floor. We set out to restore the home and bring it back to the jewel it once was. We do have contractors that help out but it has been our vision, design and labor that brings this home back to life. We also went through the process to put the home on the state and national Historic Register of Homes. It is the closest thing we have to the National Trust in the UK. If you would like some help or advice, just let me know, your home deserves beautiful gardens. I would be happy to get your started and no I do not expect payment. I just want to arm you with some of the knowledge you will need. In the meantime, I look forward to your next video.
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.
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👏👏
What a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon, the Gardens are beautiful but your Mothers reaction to them was pure love and joy🌺🌸🌼🌻🌹🌷💐🌱🌿☘️🍁🌳🍀🐏🐝🍎🍐🍑🍆🧄🥕🍇🍷❤️
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
Stephanie. I will buy a ticket to travel and stay at La Lande in te very first minute the Pergola and your garden be ready. I can help and work fir you. And of course I will eat pizza cooked in the old oven. It's a deal. Best regards from México.
I emailed you last week to let you know I sent some masks that I made for your adventures out & about. But darn it I don’t think the package has gotten to you yet.
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. ♡
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. 🏴
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 ❤️
manure helps a lot of this to grow..thats what you DO need, your garden will thrive after that..use the chicken manure too..it all helps..and straw is a good way to keep the moisture on the plants to stop them drying out on those hot summer months and protect against the frost too..not that i am a great gardener or anything lol
My chocolate mint is growing lovely again for a 3rd year in pots, I changed the soil this year. I had some with my salad and also my mum loves it with her fruit salad.
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.
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 have just bought a sodastream in the vain hope it will save me money on vodka mixers .. just enough time to go try it now before the vid starts!!! ...
What a beautiful place! My husband and I garden. One of the best things you can do to enrich soil is worm castings, mushroom compost, and wood chips. Chicken manure is great mixed into the compost with some worm casting and then place wood chips on top of everything. The chips help keep the ground moist. Watch Back To Eden gardening on UA-cam. We do this type of gardening and are very happy with our garden.
The delights of nature! Loved watching you all getting all sparked up with ideas and inspiration. Very excited to see your own Chateau garden develop with the ideas you've just shared.
It was like being transported to Paradise. What was the name of the designer who owns the garden? Kacey? His dresses look fabulous. Thank you so much. Both you and Mummy looked so beautiful.
Don't feel overwhelmed Stephie Dear. It took them years to get that garden in the condition it's in. Don't worry, you'll see the fruit of your labor little by little. You're doing great.
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!! 🌻💚
Oh! Sad sighs from Australia. What a beautiful garden Thankyou ❤️
Oh my, heaven, absolutely.
thank you stephanie :)
👍👍💓
Wherever does Mum find her lovely shirts
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.
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!
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..
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i know, she has made me so inspired to dress differently, she always looks so beautiful
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.
The pear orchard! Circle within a square with lavender on the edges.
I love it
Maybe start an earthworm farm, excellent fertilizer for the vegetable gardening at Lalande 💡
If I had such a fashionable hat like that I’m sure I would weed everyday.
Your mom looks younger each time we see her.
The Garden of Priory is divine. Heaven on earth. I love the arches and all the different gardens.
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!❤🌹🥀🥀🥀
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
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 😊
You must take Mummy to Chateau de Villandry soon, it is just breath taking
Such an inspirational garden I'm planning to go in June. Thank you for this vlog. There also is a large medicinal garden in Limoges The Jardin botanique de l'Evêché - Botanical Garden of the Bishopric, a botanical garden located behind the Cathedral and Musée de l'Evêché and is open daily without charge, if anyone is intrested.
Limoges is a beautiful city. Well worth the visit specially during Spring since it has many wonderful parks and gardens bursting with flowers. I'm bias. It's my Home Turf on my father's side. I'm related to most old families there.
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 .
What an enchanting garden!! I can see why you were all inspired! Thank you for taking us along!
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!!!
I love the aerial shots in the intro. Helps me orient myself.
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 !!😎
This is definitely what I need to escape from today’s news!
At least some of us in the UK only escape our lockdown virtually!
Here in NZ our lockdown is over, as we are now virus free, but it feels like a fortress, as our borders are tightly closed and not likely to open anytime soon.
@@rebeccacerecke4511 that's so great, new Zealanders have got it right, we could certainly learn from you here in UK. I hope you are able to open your doors to the world again soon! 😀
@@lvmitchell1 Yes we are hoping to open our borders with other virus free countries soon, as tourism is a large part of the economy.
Have you tried turning off the "news".........it works.
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!
Any one listening with earphones would have loved that bumble bee going past 😆
mike hammersley yeap, like I was there in the garden...
Stephanie is a bad influence ... making me get up early and looking at all the Limoges porcelain on evilbay while I am waiting...🤣
Evilbay!😂
I can relate. I did the same yesterday. Hahaha.
Same but I checked Spode 😀 and drooled on all the Italian blue collection
found this: ua-cam.com/video/jGKpkGCJ2dQ/v-deo.html
Yes, she has influenced a much longer list for my thrift store shopping, if they open!
Yay!! I love your French life!! It's beautiful! Isabel is the best Mom ❤️
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!❤️
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.
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!
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 loved this episode so much, thank you ❤️
Just a mask tip: cross the strings before they go behind your ears when you're wearing glasses. It ensures a better fit around your mouth and nose, and doesnt interfere with your glasses xox
Better tip: revolt against this idiocy of masking healthy individuals!
@@moinature803 the point of masking is to protect ALL individuals (not just the one wearing the mask). You may judge yourself to be healthy but may come across somebody who is part of the vulnerable population (i.e. people who have multiple underlying conditions like Diabetes, Asthma, Cancer, COPD, recipients of organ transplant, or the very young and older population---wearing a mask protects these vulnerable people). In addition, one may assume one is healthy but actually be Covid positive, yet asymptomatic.
@@jennelynnatividad464 You are quite right.
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!
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.
Stephanie, I planted some yellow dahlias the other day and they reminded me of you 💛💛💛 I tagged you on Instagram yesterday! Love your videos!!
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.
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.
Thank you so much for the happy series! I wanted to ask if it is maybe one day possible to give us viewers some tips about the lovely china and antiques you find in trift stores and second hand shops. What to look for to find such gems? I know it’s maybe a bit of an odd question to ask during lockdown and I know it’s certainly not possible now. I am currently saving up for my own home and would love to start collection my own china from local trift stores. I just don’t know how to find such beautiful gems!
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
what a wonderful garden , if anyone is interested the lady lying next to Richard is his mother Elinor
Glorious gardens! Love this field trip to this magical and spiritual place!
Love the use of wattle as an edging... going to borrow that idea!
This was such an amazing treat today...thank you for taking us on this wonderful journey! Blessings!
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.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👍🏿
St. Fiacre has been recognized as patron saint of gardeners (as well as cab drivers and florists, among other things) since medieval times. Born in Ireland in the 7th century, Fiacre was raised in a monastery.
All this can be created at lalande in five years, with planning and several more Gardner's...just persevere and stay calm......e
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!!
Ooh virtual day trip 🤗 Can't wait!
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 🌿
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.
Thank you again family- gardens and birdsong, bliss.
Stephanie, before you go off too far with designing new gardens and beds at the chateau, please contact me. I can save you much time and heartache. I have a college degree in floriculture/crop science. I do a great deal of ornamental and vegetable gardening including in my own greenhouses. I have studied formal gardens and garden designs of Europe for 3 decades or more. That makes me older than you and younger than your mum and I will leave it at that. I do love so many European gardens and garden designs. I would be happy to get you started in the right direction in your landscaping endeavors and could also be helpful with your designs. I am in the USA but have spent time in many a garden, in the UK and I am quite familiar with the plant material and understanding which plants were popular during different time periods of history.
The walled garden at Priory of Notre Dame d'Orsan is further along in growth than your walled garden because of the raised beds (even though yours are raised a bit) and the pea gravel. The sun heats the soil of the raised beds more quickly and the pea gravel absorbs heat during the day. The natural radiant heat is released at night. The walls are tighter than at your chateau and this prevents less wind through the garden too. I noticed your walled garden can be quite windy and the soil is dry. Yes, your soil needs a great deal of amending to get the kind of growth you see at Priory of Notre Dame d'Orsan. So, both you and your mum were correct on why the garden was much further along in growth.
The windows in the hedge of this garden help create views which move you from one area of a garden to another. It's just a peek to grab your interest. A good design will draw you down a path with an arch and/or ornament at the end and still create a bit of mystery which makes you want to take the path. The best gardens have me rushing through them because I want to go here and there and everywhere. Sometimes I nearly run through them the first time through, because they are designed so well.
You were on the money about the transition between the formal garden and the natural areas. A good formal design will always transition you without a stark contrast. I do have the same feelings you have about gardens with vistas and keeping to the history of the property. It is important that a garden fit with the architecture and blend seamlessly between indoors and out. Gardens are an extension of living space.
I have two homes here. One is a farm with a simple cottage style home and my front garden is cottage style with not a blade of grass or lawn to be found. My other home is an 1889-1900 Victorian with more formal gardens than my farm. Gardens need to fit the architecture they are seen with.
The Arch hedge, I believe that is how you referred to it, was pleached hedging. Often hornbeams or beach are used for this technique. Many of the hedges in the garden are beach. They need a lot of work to keep them maintained. They need sheared several times a year.
The vegetable garden was interesting in the way they used the wattle fencing around the beds as structure and also to add age to the garden. This takes you back hundreds of years. You said this garden was the same climate and the same soil as your chateau. It may be the same climate but it is most definitely not the same soil. Soil can be quite different within just a few feet. I won't go into why. It would take too long to explain here. Understanding this is a very common mistake that gardeners make. It takes a great deal of knowledge and experience to have a beautiful garden and most hobby gardeners don't study enough to understand the science and chemistry of the soil.
This is the first time I have commented. I found your channel late one night several months ago. You kept me up all night as I watched nearly every video the first night and into the next day. I have enjoyed your journey and stories as you restore your home. Personally, I have loved the Victorian era for decades. My husband and I would pour over architectural designs of Victorian homes when we were first married. Through the years we toured Victorian homes, read books about them, and studied the time period. I love design, gardening/preserving, cooking and antiques. His hobby, which was handed down from his father, is woodworking. He enjoys both home building as well as doing all of the electrical work, as well as building fine furniture or recreating original wood trims. About a dozen years ago we bought an old Victorian with good bones and good woodwork. It needed a great deal of work. We gutted most of the plumbing and did a great deal with the electrical. Some of the original wiring was still being used in this house. I don't know how the house had not burned down because of it. It took 10 months before we could begin to move into the home and of course it still needs a lot to restore the third floor. We set out to restore the home and bring it back to the jewel it once was. We do have contractors that help out but it has been our vision, design and labor that brings this home back to life. We also went through the process to put the home on the state and national Historic Register of Homes. It is the closest thing we have to the National Trust in the UK.
If you would like some help or advice, just let me know, your home deserves beautiful gardens. I would be happy to get your started and no I do not expect payment. I just want to arm you with some of the knowledge you will need. In the meantime, I look forward to your next video.
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.
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!!
What a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon, the Gardens are beautiful but your Mothers reaction to them was pure love and joy🌺🌸🌼🌻🌹🌷💐🌱🌿☘️🍁🌳🍀🐏🐝🍎🍐🍑🍆🧄🥕🍇🍷❤️
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
Stephanie. I will buy a ticket to travel and stay at La Lande in te very first minute the Pergola and your garden be ready. I can help and work fir you. And of course I will eat pizza cooked in the old oven. It's a deal. Best regards from México.
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
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.
I emailed you last week to let you know I sent some masks that I made for your adventures out & about. But darn it I don’t think the package has gotten to you yet.
that is very attentive and kind!
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. ♡
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!
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 🏴
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 ❤️
Beautiful garden. Were you the only ones there? But - there is a difference in a maze and a labyrinth.
manure helps a lot of this to grow..thats what you DO need, your garden will thrive after that..use the chicken manure too..it all helps..and straw is a good way to keep the moisture on the plants to stop them drying out on those hot summer months and protect against the frost too..not that i am a great gardener or anything lol
Just saw your outfit and you look amazing in your floral dress
Mint chocolate is a favorite of mine.
same here. Lemon mint is also great.
My chocolate mint is growing lovely again for a 3rd year in pots, I changed the soil this year. I had some with my salad and also my mum loves it with her fruit salad.
How I'd love to see rural France again. What a wonderful place to live.
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.
In Germany we have many chateaus with lovely gardens. One example is the residence in Würzburg. My favorite garden.
Mummy looks gorgeous in her new top!
🍎🍐🍒and Plum trea grow strong and healthy for me and my family this summer . Just a little wish from a swedish girl.
One needs to steal ideas from many inspirational sources.
Love the history you share. I didn’t know, nor hadn’t thought about, the story behind a maze.
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.
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.
Here's that fountain you liked! (No idea of cost.)
www.authenticprovence.com/product-details/fontaine-d-orange/
You can find them under $10K.
www.1stdibs.com/search/furniture/building-garden/?oq=limestone%20fountain&q=limestone%20fountain
what a wonderful time with you in the garden, love the fountain for your walled garden
I have just bought a sodastream in the vain hope it will save me money on vodka mixers .. just enough time to go try it now before the vid starts!!! ...
Yes it is heaven Stephanie and Isabelle! Thank you so much for sharing; it was like visiting in person. 🙏🏻
What a beautiful place! My husband and I garden. One of the best things you can do to enrich soil is worm castings, mushroom compost, and wood chips. Chicken manure is great mixed into the compost with some worm casting and then place wood chips on top of everything. The chips help keep the ground moist. Watch Back To Eden gardening on UA-cam. We do this type of gardening and are very happy with our garden.
I’m so jealous! I want to go there ....NOW! 😍
The delights of nature! Loved watching you all getting all sparked up with ideas and inspiration. Very excited to see your own Chateau garden develop with the ideas you've just shared.
Ooooo, wisteria---pink! Ahhhh.
Ohh those raised garden beds were beautiful 😍😍
Fabulous. Lots of inspiration, indeed.
I found your lovely card in my mailbox today. Thank you Stephanie. It had such a lovely scent.
Ahhh So Gorgeous! I love the fountain, it’s perfect! I hope you are able to have one soon. 🥰
Mummy is in her element. She looks so radiant!
It was like being transported to Paradise. What was the name of the designer who owns the garden? Kacey? His dresses look fabulous. Thank you so much. Both you and Mummy looked so beautiful.
Gareth Casey
@@giovannamiorino4402 grazie
Raining in Colorado today too! Lovely time to enjoy another one of Stephanie's adventures!