The French Gardener

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I found myself drawn into the garden landscape of crushed gravel paths, old stone bridge, dovecote, hollowed Ash tree and pitched roof country cottage. Prepare to be “spellbound by the sheer charm” ( Daily Express , UK) of Santa Montefiore’s tender and powerful novel about passion, loss, and the healing power of love. It twangs on every heartstring, presses every button and is utterly irresistible… It’s lovely stuff – glossy lifestyle glamour with a soul. Gravel and stonework will help keep weeds at bay, and we recommend laying down a weed-barrier fabric underneath your pathways. I totally picked it up because of the cover (gorgeous), the title, and the comparison to Rosamunde Pilcher, one of my favorite authors.

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Best of all, it offers the reader an epic love story at the heart of a novel of family life and the conflict between duty and desire. Men are given the excuse of just being "like that" and a wife can easily forgive and move on in a matter of weeks with no real fall out.

With its realistic characters and vividly described world, which readers will be reluctant to leave, Montefiore’s charming, moving novel will appeal to fans of Like Water for Chocolate. David is away all week in London working, and he feels a bit out of place when he comes home for the weekend. Incorporating boxwoods into the design gives it a traditional look and enables you to create and maintain the clean, geometric lines that are essential to the design. Their affair belongs in the past, when they shared that magical time, in those beautiful gardens, when they were both young.

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Known for their distinct, symmetrical lines, precisely trimmed hedges and shrubs, simple color palettes, stone elements, and use of lavender (they are French, after all! I just didn't like anyone enough to wait around and see how their personalities were miraculously transformed by the gardener.

Some of the world's most famous gardens employ French-style gardening techniques, but none are more well-known than the gardens at the Palace of Versailles. She finds a scrapbook in the spare bedroom - the house is set like someone went out for a walk and never came back. The Gardener tends earth, time, all the while guarding a way of life that exists nowhere else in the world.

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I love your book reviews, and I just added a link to your blog where it should have been all along … under “Favorite Reads” on Ciao Amalfi! I love gardens and my greatest wish is to be able to have my own secret place like Ava and Miranda do. Putting the infidelity to one side was not easy for me, but the portrayal of the magic of nature, and the garden in particular, was strong enough to keep me reading. The author divides the novel into 4 seasons which is a clever personiication of life as it pertains to the main characters of the novel. Reflecting pools, fountains, and other water features are elegant and harken back to traditional French-style gardens.In the case of Jean-Paul and Ava, I really wanted them to get back together in the end, but I didn’t think it realistic. Gravel paths and stone steps not only define the walking paths in a a French-style garden, but they can also provide much-needed drainage during a rainy season. One of the many things I love about Rosamunde Pilcher's books is that I'm immediately sucked in by her characters -- they're interesting, three-dimensional, human, ones I can empathize with even when I disagree with their choices. Debra LaGattuta is a Master Gardener with 30+ years of experience in perennial and flowering plants, container gardening, and raised bed vegetable gardening. With the wisdom of experience, the gift of intuition, the whim of experimentation, The Gardener builds a recipe that combines the mystery of nature with the pleasure of knowledge.

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Each an expert of their craft, the Perrins and Brad sought an equal who could bring their vision to life.Labai šilta, kvapni ir jaudinanti istorija apie neištikimybę iš abiejų pusių, iš įsimylėjusių ir iš likusios ištikimosios pusės. It is a melding of lush greens and brilliant golds, laced through with an unconventional blend of both fresh and dry citruses – pink grapefruit, bright lemon and the yin and yang of sweet and bitter orange from Cap d’Antibes area.