Jardin St Adrien

Last week we visited a beautiful garden made out of an abandoned stone quarry. During the summer they are open from 5 - 7pm three days a week. It is an extraordinary venture to have undertaken, the owners have been there for 25 years creating this labour of love. There is an incredible sculpture carved out of a stone wall, amazingly lush grass (sown with local non-hybridised wild grasses which don't need a lot of watering), wonderful, bright flowers and interesting plants around every corner. They have also made a stage and terraced seating for concerts, which we are determined to go to next year. Behind the stage is a lake giving the effect of a mirror, which looks fantastic in the evening.

Everything from the quarry has been recycled; walls are made out of the quarried stone, wooden telegraph poles have been made into colourful gardening figures and the iron railings and arbours from reinforced concrete.

It was good for us to see what can be grown in a Mediterranean garden and we were pleased that many of the plants featured are already in our, much smaller, garden.

www.stadrien.paysdepezenas.com