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France has an excellent climate for growing, and the French love all sorts of flowers. Here are some of the gardens we visited, some formal, some not so formal.

On the first day of our trip we visited the Claude Monet gardens in Giverny, just west of Paris.

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The city of Coutances in Normandy has a wonderful municipal garden:

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And here are some more from all over:

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garden26.jpg (52048 bytes) garden17.jpg (79914 bytes)Marie's favorite flower is the Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) and Fritz's is Lilac. Both were growing happily in various gardens.
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