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Giverny Photo Gallery
I have eventually gathered my favorite pictures of Giverny into a photo gallery. Season after season, Monet’s water garden and flower garden change a lot. I like early morning atmospheres as well as...
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Translucent Flowers
Tulips spread their colors these weeks at Giverny. It is one of the times of year when the monet garden is at its brightest. The big colorful heads stand side by side, being planted tight, undisturbed...
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Red Border
This flower bed graces the pond side in Monet’s water garden at Giverny. The main color is red, ranging from orange to purple. I’ve counted over 20 different kinds of flowers planted together, but...
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Bamboo grove
Claude Monet planted a beautiful bamboo grove in his water garden at Giverny. Bamboos are ever green. This picture was taken on the 1st of November, the very last day of the season, and even on such a...
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Tricyrtis
The common name of this beautiful flower that grows in Monet's water garden is a bit strange: it's called toad lily. The appearance of this perennial is more orchid like. It requires a moist soil, as...
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Eranthis or Winter Aconite
The first sunny days are warming up the soil of Giverny. In Monet’s gardens, the bravest flowers are popping out, most of them discreetly. Their bright petals make little dots of colors on the still...
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Water Lily’s Beauty
Claude Monet was never tired of painting his water lilies, because they are ever changing. They open, they close, they float on a mirror that reflects the clouds passing, the sun getting higher and...
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Flowered Letters
At Giverny in Rue Claude Monet, one of the mail boxes to send letters and postcards is located amid flowers. In October, the helianthus are big enough to reach the height of the mail box. Their yellow...
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The Ideal Bench
Did you ever try and grow a hyacinth in your kitchen? If so, you certainly remember how fragrant a single bulb is. So imagine being seated on this green bench in Monet’s garden, wrapped by the scent...
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The Flowers of Mid-May
After tulips, what kind of flowers steel the show at Giverny? Among my favorite are aquilegias, for their delicacy, strange shapes and wide range of colors including white and black, yellow and blue,...
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Winter Flowers of Giverny
Violas and pansies are among the cutest flowers that accept to bloom during winter time at Giverny. They belong to the same family, pansies being bigger than violas. But the latter compensate by...
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Giverny Beauties
Spring makes us all want to walk in beautiful gardens. At Giverny, azaleas and tulips gradually give way to irises, peonies and wisterias. The first water lilies should open within two weeks,...
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Giverny Just Before Closing Time
Giverny has been closed since the 1st of November 2017. Claude Monet’s house and gardens will reopen on the 23rd of March 2018. The last day, I went photo hunting for the last flowers. That’s a...
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Clerodendron
This beautiful shrub grows in Claude Monet’s flower garden. It has not been planted for many years, so I wondered what could be the name of this new comer. I browsed the internet eagerly, without any...
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Dahlia Time
One of the many beautiful dahlias at Giverny Late summer is a great time of year to visit Giverny, especially because of the fantastic dahlias that are now at their best in the flower beds. Monet...
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