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Les Quatre Vents - And finally, some flowers!

comments (5) September 9th, 2011 in blogs

Michelle Gervais, Senior Editor

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Lest you think there are no flowers... I have this bad habit, I know, of choosing a lot of very green photos for the GPOD, and looking over the last two weeks of photos from Les Quatre Vents, I realize that I've done it again. So to finish off this series from one of the best gardens in the world, here's a selection of photos of perennial beds around the property that are bursting with color. Enjoy!

**All last week and this week, we've been featuring photos of the gardens at Les Quatre Vents, the home of Frank and Anne Cabot in Quebec. If you'd like read more about this garden, check out this interview with Frank Cabot that ran in the April 2005 issue of Fine Gardening. Frank also whote a book about the garden. You can get it on Amazon here.**

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Comments (5)

sheilaschultz writes: Thanks Michelle. The photos from Les Quatre Vents have filled my head with possibilities. Have a good weekend everyone. Posted: 10:25 am on September 9th

TeriCA writes: Hi Michelle,
Have to say, I enjoyed the last 2 weeks, some fantastic pictures! But loved today's with all the blossoming flowers!
Was just wondering if there were some way that if you were to click on the larger picture, you would find a descriptions of the plant material used? I am definitely a visual learner and would love to know more names of plants! Thank you. Posted: 9:15 am on September 9th

Vespasia writes: Lovely again, what an amazing variety of spaces and vistas in this garden, I hope to visit it with my husband. It's so nice that you haveshowcased a garden in Canada, we have many lovely ones to visit. How about further afield, Europe has a wealth of wonderful gardens, my favourite, I think is the famous Sissinghurst in Kent, England.

Thanks again for this lovely series, I definitely have to have the book, I'm putting it on my Christmas List. Posted: 7:51 am on September 9th

gloriaj writes: The photos have been nice, but I think it is time we move on. How about to Bellingrath Gardens in Mobile, Ala. Posted: 6:16 am on September 9th

ncgardener writes: Beautiful, I love looking at the other photos but I always get great ideas for my borders from the flower photos. Now if I could only get my hostas to look like those. Posted: 6:00 am on September 9th

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Welcome to the Fine Gardening GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY blog!

Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a stunning plant combination, or any number of other subjects. Think of it as your morning jolt of green.

Sign up to get new posts delivered to your inbox each morning so you'll always remember to take a look, or subscribe to our RSS feed. We look forward to sharing our garden travels with you.

If you think you have a photo that we should share on the Garden Photo of the day, email us. Send hi-res images to mgervais@taunton.com with GPOD in the subject line. We'll only respond if we plan to use your photo.