An ivy-clad arch leads from the formal garden to the vegetable and herb gardens.
Some of the vegetable garden viewed from the entrance arch.
Artichoke Gros Vert de Lí¢on, in the organic vegetable garden. Diversity is a good reason to grow heritage varieties, and 70 different vegetables are grown at Le Manoir, with 300 different varieties.
Every flower in the vegetable garden is grown as companion planting or because it is edible.
La Maison des Fleurs overlooks the kitchen garden. This is the florist’s workplace, where she puts together the flowers for guests’ rooms and the public areas.
Rhubarb forcers, part of a large group from Whichford Pottery. Photograph via Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons.
A pumpkin escapes toward a path, via a hedge of silver birch.