Hautefort

Sue has a book of French Gardens and she has always wanted to visit the chateau and gardens of Hautefort which is in the Dordogne and only about an hour and a half from us.  So the visit of David and June provided just the excuse to go.

The Chateau stands on a hill overlooking rolling countryside and, as a home until 1990, is furnished with period furniture. It also has a formal garden around the house and an english style parkland outside of the chateau.
The gardeners were trimming the box when we arrived and it was a work of extreme precision, to the extent of measuring with rulers to maintain the gaps and the widths of the box hedging.

And it was all done by eye and hand.

Sue very much enjoyed the visit and is now able to cross this garden off the list!