Provence colors

The hyacinth: Bulbous plant of the family of liliaceous which one cultivates a species of Minor Asia for these flowers in decorative bunch.

"Spaces of relaxation decorated with flowers which make the Provence charm"

Art to cut the hedges, shrubs, bushes the made-to-order of the sculptors with a decorative aim.

"Hidden recesses of provençal garden where we like trailing round it shielded from the time which passes."

The little cottage where farmer of Provence was restored and rested when the cultivated grounds was far from the country house.

"Nowadays the meals in the small house of the big father gather regularly the families of Provence. The friends also are welcome!"

A concentrate of Provence: The shutters 'blue charrette' , the lavenders, the figs, the niches flowered, the potteries surrounds our symbolic olive-tree.

"This paint blue pastel take away insects, it comes to us from our ancestors in Provence who painted everything with this tint: door, shutters, carts.."

The Provençal fountain in the middle of the garden decorated with Mediterranean succulent plants and with shrubs sculptured in the tradition of the topiary art.

"The secret place of the first steps for two, the first kiss, the puppy love."

Olive-tree and its branch symbolize peace, forgiveness, fidelity and reconciliation but also force and victory.

"Since millenniums, all the civilizations of Provence dedicated a cult to the olive-tree. It is necessary to say that it always returned to us."

Beside the well or  little cottage bordered of lavender, the fig tree enracine deeply and distributes us its fruits.

"In Provence the fig tree looks for the shadow whereas the lavender prefers the sun."

The boxwood likes moisture, originating in the Mediterranean it adapt to the plantation out of pot. It is let cut with leisure.

"If you watch it the box tree is tamable, otherwise it is fast intrusive. It is its Provençal side!"

Plant your lavender in pot and don't forget to cut it at the end of summer, it will be reinforced following year.

"Only the bee will have the favours of lady lavender, this agreement will engender the famous lavander honey."

On the terasses, In the gardens, the lavender always finds its place.

"Its essence will come to relax you to the bath."

Garlic,major ingredient of Provence kitchen makes it possible to carry out our, impossible to circumvent, "Aioli of Provence". " Aahhh!! "

"The aioli, in Provence, amounts how one mayonnaise but only with some olive oil and the garlic, crowned performance!"

The lavender pot at the edge of the window moves away with its powerful smell the turbulent fly.

"We see the lavender far off in fields then we find it very near the Provençal ancient country-house, in paths or entrances."

Except the first year, very little water for the lavender, accustomed to the arid climates.

"The lavender takes root in a ground so difficult, with little ground and so many pebbles, as too much attention perturbs it."

The dimension of olive-tree trunk forces the respect of the age. Certain olive-trees could have to be go alongside to several millenniums.

"The Olive tree of Provence likes the heat, resists to the icy cold and to the fires."

Trim of olive-tree is a thousand-year-old art. The branch seized by the dove to indicate the appeasing.

"The olive-tree, in Provence, decorates the nature but also the inside of the house"

In winter as in summer the blue sky azure illuminates the little cottage in middle of day.

"In the Provençal small little cottage the life concentrates on little space: the farmer eats, sleeps, tidies up these tools in a single room, but past door, there is Provence."

In the sun laying down the ochre color of the ground is reflected in nature. Sleep the little cottage.

"But the evening continues between friends or by a solitary meditation under a starry sky."

The secret harmony of the Provençal garden: these soft colors, these warm smells, its freshness so hoped.

"At the back of the garden, the secret place of the gardener where are stored these tools, these secrets, these humors."

Jugs in clay, walls in the lime tinged in ochre, stone floor in terra-cotta, Provence smells well the ground.

"White borders with provençal windows stop the heat by reverberation."

In the heart of Provence in summer, the water noise of the fountain rocks our thoughts and refreshes the spirit at these moments of peace of mind.

"The fountain is a part of the Provençal tradition. It was often a meeting place."