JARDIN DES PLANTES

There is a beautiful botanical garden in Paris, not quite Kew, but it has many interesting plants and herbs and it is wonderful to stroll around in the winter sunshine. The herbs are still hibernating at the moment which gives it a feeling like you’re wandering around one of these Parisian cemeteries with all the little name plates identifying the plants. However, you can sense the sap rising and it will be interesting to see their growth throughout the seasons. p.s. being the keen gardener I am, I am surreptitiously gathering leftover seeds, but sssshhh don’t tell anyone.