Et ils ne seront pas les seuls a le faire, puisque dans pas mal de pays d'Europe, on exploite le haut de sa maison, ou la
basse-cour si l'on a la chance d'en posseder une, pour l'agrementer avec beaucoup de plantes belles a la vue et utiles une fois leurs fruits murs et prets a etre croques.
The garden festival site at Chaumont-sur-Loire is set on hinterland behind chateau and
basse-cour. It contains two landscaped walks -- Vallon des Brumes and Sentier des Fers Sauvages--but for the most part is laid out much like a traffic-free suburban housing estate, with permanent trimmed beech enclosures at the end of a series of culs-de-sac to contain the small temporary gardens made for each festival.
His book comprises nine chapters, ranging chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present-day, and five interludes concerning particular architectural features: the private theatre, plumbing, the household, the
basse-cour and stables.