Alex M CovingtonJardin d’Art et d’Essais, pt 7Cécile once traveled on a garden tour of England, where she saw the Osborne House, a former residence of Queen Victoria. There was a…Sep 10, 2021Sep 10, 2021
Alex M CovingtonJardin d’Art et d’Essais, pt 6The garden is divided into two parts, the “Jardin” and the “Jard’août” (a little English language joke of Cécile’s invention, “garden” and…Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
Alex M CovingtonJardin d’Art et d’Essais pt 5The evidence of woofers past is written into the stems and roots of the garden. The bindweed twisting around the enormous leaves of the…Aug 3, 2021Aug 3, 2021
Alex M CovingtonJardin d’Art et d’Essais, pt 4Cécile does not believe in allowing visitors to experience the garden without context, and as the context of plant life is soil and water…Jul 21, 20211Jul 21, 20211
Alex M CovingtonJardin d’Art et d’Essais, pt 3“It grows all it on its own!” This is a frequent comment made by visitors to the garden, and one Cécile reacts against emphatically. She…Jul 9, 2021Jul 9, 2021
Alex M CovingtonJardin d’Art et d’Essais, pt 2French speakers might recognize a bit of cleverness in the name of the garden, the Jardin d’Art et d’Essais. It takes the French term for a…Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021
Alex M CovingtonJardin d’art et d’essais, pt 1This spring I quit my job. Shortly I will put myself on a plane to France, where I will volunteer on a garden in Normandy through WWOOF for…Jun 18, 2021Jun 18, 2021
