Located on a hilltop site on the Lot et Garonne and Gers boundary, 4km from Moncrabeau, in 1998 the site was a field of wild flowers with a ruin needing much attention. To provide shelter in such an exposed situation the garden was divided into different spaces each protected by hedges or a structure to create garden rooms each with its own character. The rooms include a large cobbled area with rill, a fountain and herbaceous beds bordered by a white wisteria and rose walk on one side and a raised hornbeam hedge on the other. Other rooms include a smaller circular garden with sculpture, cypressus and more vibrant planting, a box parterre, a potager and a secluded space with pool and abri. The roooms wrap round the house and are linked by paths, grassed areas and hedges giving a strong structure to the garden throughout the year.

Coordonnées GPS / Map coordinates: 44.021365, 0.409871

Comment nous trouver / Directions:

From Moncrabeau, cross the river bridge and follow sign for 'centre bourg'. Continue straight through village and after approx. 2km turn right at small bridge and crossroads. Take narrow road which climbs for 2km to Hameau Lasbadies. Les Volets Bleus is the first house on the left.