Jardin de l'Hôtel Denon

This tiny garden is a public garden located in Le Marais area called "The Denon mansion garden" (Hôtel in French is also used for mansion). The mansion is the splendid building you see in the background.

Relaxing in the Square Leopold Achille

Let's take a break and relax in this nice little garden. The "Square" in French is a little public garden where you usually find some games for the kids.

Garden on the roof

This garden stands of the roof of a new public building in my street. The building is a gym and they had this great idea to put a garden on top of it. This garden is one of Paris "shared gardens" as we call it (Jardins partagés) where you can grow your own little part of land with vegetables. Information about these "shared gardens" is available on Paris website (here) but in French only.

Spring in the Parc des Buttes Chaumont

A perfect place to rest in the sun ...

Tuileries garden

Nice weather is back today so it's time to enjoy the Tuileries garden isn't it ?

Empty pots in Luxembourg garden

and the petite fille en rouge just for my friend Virginia !

The photographer in the Parc de Bercy

It did not snow for a week but since temperature are very low, the snow stays on in the gardens and parks like here in the Parc de Bercy where I shot this photographer shooting the Rachid Kimoune "Childrens of the world Statues" 

Les Grandes Serres du Jardin Des Plantes

After years of work, the big Greenhouses located in the Jardin des Plantes (one of Paris gardens) near the Natural History Museum have reopened last summer. I did my first visit yesterday and I was delighted by the work done. You can visit 4 greenhouses full of tropical plants and very well explained. The buildings are gorgeous, the oldest greenhouse was built in 1714 and the gig metal structure ones like this one where built at the beginning of the 19th century. A nice place to visit if you're in town .

A short time with blue sky

Yesterday we had what the weather people say to be our last sunny day for at least a week since they even forecast some snow for the weekend. So let's enjoy the nice Bercy Garden while it's still sunny.

And a happy Thanksgiving to my American friends !

Autumn in Paris

Autumn colors in the very nice Montsouris Park in the 14th arrondissement.

Square des Batignolles

The "Square des Batignolles" is a public garden in the 17th arrondissement. It has been designed as an English garden and it's a really a nice place to visit and the area around it called "Les Batignolles" is also a pleasant part of Paris to discover. The area looks like a kind of village with a little church and calm streets.
From there to the edge of the city limit there was, and partly still is, a huge unbuilt area that belonged to the National Train Company. It was there that the City had planned to build the Olympic Village if Paris had won the games for 2012 (which London did !). The place is now starting to be renovated an yet a new big garden has opened before apartments buildings will be built around it.

Relaxing in the Jardin de Reuilly

The Reuilly Garden is located in the 12th arrondissemt along the "Promenade Plantée". It's a very nice little garden with a lawn where you can stand for Tai Chi for example.

Police on bike

Police on duty in the Parc de Bercy.

Nature in Paris

As I can't fly to my vacation resort I take advantage of  it to wander in Paris and enjoy the beautiful "Parc des Buttes Chaumont" in the 19th arrondissement. Would you suppose that this picture is taken in the middle of Paris  ?

Parc de Belleville

We have had a splendid weather last week-end and as you can see nature and Parisians are loving it. I took this view from the Parc de Belleville, a public garden located in the 18th arrondissement from which you get a terrific view over the city.

Art in the garden

Once again a view from the Tuileries garden which I really like. The trees don't have leaves anymore but the sun is there these days and I wanted to share this view with you.

Parc Montsouris

The Parc Montsouris is located in the 14th arrondissement in the south of Paris. It is a beautiful park and especially at this time of year.

Bagatelle

This view is taken in the Parc de Bagatelle located in the Bois de Boulogne, one of the 2 Paris woods. In the far backgroung you can see La Défense quarter (by the way, Jean Sarkozy finnaly gave up !).

Parc de la Villette

The Parc de la Villette is located in the very north east end of Paris. In this very nice Park where the Canal de l'Ourcq goes through you can find the "Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie" (on the picture). This science museum is a very popular place visited by more than 5 millions people each year. They especially have fabulous thing for children who can act and be part of the science experiments.

Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves are splendid right now in Paris. "Autumn leaves" is also an old French song called "Les feuilles mortes" whose lyrics were written by a famous poet "Jacques Prévert". This song has been sung so many times by so many different singers over the years and one of my favorite version is Barbra's in the 60's both in French and English.