Les Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac
This garden is almost entirely made up of topiaries, with huge hedges cut into intricate geometric patterns and pots full of clipped box. It is a green oasis, particularly in the summer in the otherwise often parched south west of France. Not my cup of tea for my own garden where I love to see lots of herbacious plants, but really well worth at least one visit and it is bound to inspire a longing for at least one or two topiaries in your own garden.
The garden was started in the 1960s and the topiaries are generally of box, holly and cypres.
Garden guide:
The gardens of Eyrignac are in the Dordogne departement north of Sarlat.
The garden is open:
1st January to 31 March: 10h to 12h30 and 14h30 to 19h30
April 10h00 - 19h00
May, June, July, August, September: 9h30 to 19h
1st Oct to 31 Dec: 10h30 to 12h30 and 14h30 to dusk
Address:
Les Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac
24590 Salignac
Tel: 05 53 28 99 71