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Pellinec, a technicolor garden

2021-12-02T16:30:46.479Z


REPORT - In the Côtes-d'Armor, a botany enthusiast has imagined an extraordinary park. A creation that is the subject of a beautiful book.


Special envoy to Penvénan (Côtes-d'Armor)

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In the beginning, there is a 17th century manor house with a gently sloping 7 hectare land facing the bay of Port-Blanc - famous for its rugged coasts, its turquoise sea - which has nothing to envy in the Seychelles - “

Apart from the temperature of the water,

” quipped our host, Gérard Jean.

The latter is an ornamental garden fanatic, a fan of plants and their colors, since the age of 5.

He therefore made of Pellinec a painting multiplying the colorful touches, awarded the Remarkable Garden in 2012 and elected fourth favorite garden of the French in 2013.

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In Penvénan, in the Côtes-d'Armor, the property can be discovered at the bends of a small steep and wooded road.

Uninhabited for twenty-five years, it is completely dilapidated when Gérard Jean visits it for the first time.

Electric poles and concrete screeds dot the ground, brambles and piles of earth have accumulated in front of the house which sheltered, at a

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Source: lefigaro

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