France-001649 - Diane's Garden & Château de Chenonceau (15455241536).jpg

GIGANTICKÁ Fotografie + Description: France-001649 - Diane's Garden & Château de Chenonceau (Taken on June 26, 2014, Sony NEX-7)

• Diane's Garden is lined with retaining walls and terraces.
• The decoration is based on eight grass triangles, which are adorned with volutes of santolinas of a total length of 3 000 meters.
• In the very centre of Diane's Garden, "Le Jardin de Diane", is the garden's original fountain.
• The flower beds themselves are planted twice a year with 30 000 to 32 000 plants for each planting:
• 1. The spring plantings: yellow Viola pansies and blue, white roses depending on the decorative theme, daisies, pink or white bellis perennises and their bulbs ; daffodils and mysosotises. 2. The summer plantings: petunias, tobacco, lilliput dahlias, patiences, verveine, or more begonias.
• Château de Chenonceau spans the River Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux. It is one of the most well-known châteaux of the Loire valley. The current château was built in 1514-1522 on the foundations of an old mill and was later extended to span the river. The bridge over the river was built between 1556-1559.
• The original château was torched in 1412 by King Charles VII to punish owner Jean Marques for supporting the Duke of Bourgogne and the English.
• Date: 26 June 2014, 05:25
• Source: Flickr.com
• Author: Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada

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