With its 1900 metal pavilions and its sidewalks drenched in greenery, the Hôtel-Dieu on one side, the commercial court on the other and Notre-Dame as a backdrop, it is one of the unusual places in the city. capital city.
One of these picturesque markets, created in 1809, where regulars come to stroll in fine weather, find a few plants to decorate their terrace or simply talk about botany with colorful merchants, true archetypes of the Parisian titi.
Some, like Lionel, have made old cast-iron potted hydrangeas their specialty.
Others like Chantal and her daughter Mélissandre have been carrying on the tradition of aromatic plants for balconies for three generations.
Others, finally, such as Michel, recreate small English gardens on the Parisian sidewalks.
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One way perhaps to recall that in 2014 the place was renamed the Queen Elizabeth II flower market.
That year, with Prince Philippe, the latter had come to visit these stalls that she had discovered in
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