This is identical to the Japanese taiko bridge over a pond in a Japanese garden that he built in Giverny in The ponds give a sense of tranquility, when you view the reflections of the sunlight and garden plants on the water. The aim of his expedition to the Mediterranean Sea was to create numerous artworks that capture the beautiful Mediterranean Sea and its surroundings. Utilizing the lush and diverse landscape of the Kitagawa area, palms trees, olive trees and other exotic flowers and plants were planted to give the impression of a Mediterranean style garden.
You can enjoy viewing beautiful surrounding landscapes of mountains, forests and ocean from the site of the garden. The studio-styled gallery features an attractive gift shop with a large selection of Monet souvenirs and local goods from the Kitagawa region.
Monet painted some of his most famous paintings whilst living at Giverny. These included his water lily and Japanese bridge paintings. Monet lived in Giverny from until his death in The garden itself is in two parts with a flower garden in front of the house and the more famous water gardens were started ten years after Monet's arrival at Giverny and constructed on land bought on the other side of the road from his house.
The flower gardens cover about a hectare and are laid out in colour themed, borders. There are literally thousands of flowers in these gardens including masses of tulips, irises, oriental poppies and peonies - plants with wonderful colours providing an inspiration to Monet's paintings. The water garden may be the most famous part of Monet's garden and will be particularly interesting to fans of Monet's wonderful water lily paintings but for me it was the flower borders in front of the house that completely bowled me over.
I visited in late spring. Having mostly seen photos of the garden taken in early spring with the fabulous blaze of colour provided by tulips, daffodils, pansies and cherry blossom amongst others I was worried that the gardens may be a bit bare immediately after the tulip season. However the gardens were absolutely bursting with colour and completely gorgeous. Many of my favourite plants were in bloom - alliums, peonies, irisis, wallflowers and some early roses.
These were in the blue borders and there were also large yellow borders also bursting with colour. The planting was colourful but obviously selected with a painters eye and every step of the huge walled garden is a visual treat. Obviously Monet was pleased with it too as it features in some of his paintings. Early spring blooms — daffodils, hyacinths and early-flowering tulips — have already come and gone, enjoyed by the gardeners only. With stunning success. Now blooming and competing for attention, irises in all hues from deep purple to light blue look as if they were painted by Monet himself.
Other flowers add dots of red and yellow to the tableau, as he did with his brushes. Michael , we were a little worried. We thought the place is going to be rammed with visitors. It will take you just over an hour if you use the toll roads. However, they are extremely expensive in France.
Choosing an alternative route will add a few extra minutes to your journey, but will save you money. While touring France in our van conversion, we used Google maps navigation to avoid toll roads.
To beat the queues, get your skip the line ticket in advance. Therefore, it gets very busy during the day. Staying in or nearby Giverny the night before your visit to the famous gardens will allow you to explore the pretty town in peace.
Compared to the chaos and disruption in the day time, Giverny is an oasis of tranquillity in the late afternoon. An early evening, when the majority of visitors leave for the day, is the best time to explore and take photos of the town without the crowds.
There are a couple of restaurants open till late if you fancy a glass of good French wine. Check out these fabulous Giverny accommodation options near Monet House and Gardens. The peak season at Monet Garden is spring especially May — summertime. One way to enjoy the site without the buzzing crowds and queuing is to come here outside the busy time. We visited the gardens in September and while it was still relatively busy, it was nowhere near as packed as we imagined it might be.
The house and the gardens were still full, but we could walk around without too much hassle or elbowing. It always pays off to get up early. Staying here gives you a great opportunity to explore Giverny later in the afternoon when the garden is closed. It gets pretty busy during the day, but quiet later in the evening.
You can either pre-book your tickets online via the Giverny. You can also buy them on the day at the entrance into the house and gardens. Claude Monet, the initiator of Impressionism, has always been a rebel. The painter introduced young Monet to a very uncommon form of painting — painting in the open air.
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