French Gardening history

michelle pierce unjardinenfrance@gmail.com
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:15:27 PST
Dear Mark
yes, it seems extraordinary to me - culture with a capital C seems
completely disassociated from anything plant or garden related in france !!
But, with the blinkers of optimism, maybe a fashion can be created?
Michelle

2012/1/25 Mark BROWN <brown.mark@wanadoo.fr>

> Dear Michelle,
> the french work by fashion and not passion so everything goes to the side
> and is swept away in the tide of the latest fad.
> They are not big on heritage!
> No garden restorations have ever been done here with french
> money.Versailles and Giverny were all done through heavy american
> funding.Even then the expertise is just not there as no one is interested!
> The plant collections network is a private joke! I don't mean that those
> that hold them lack commitment! But we get zero support!!
> I am trying to interest people here in rarer galanthus but is is such hard
> work!
> And I just can't see them keeping cultivars going for over a hundred years
> as in Britain.
> All the old french roses were refound abroad!
> Hydrangea cultivars are the same story.
> I have a great friend who works for the town of Nacy which was the
> horticultural hub about a hundred years ago.
> He is trying to find some of the old Primula sinensis cultivars of Lemoine.
> I think that he is dreaming!
> Old Gladiolus cultivars are surely the same story.
> I have old gardening magazines from the heyday of horticulture here and
> they are fantastic!
> kind regards,
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> > Message du 25/01/12 11:42
> > De : "michelle pierce"
> > A : "Pacific Bulb Society"
> > Copie à :
> > Objet : Re: [pbs] What's blooming Jan 21, 2012
> >
> > Hello
> > I naively made a new year's resolution to educate myself about french
> > gardening history. What a can of worms, since it seems very difficult to
> > find anything out easily.!!!! Disheartening to feel that so much has been
> > let go of, and lost - at least to the mildly interested amateur.
> > Does anyone know about past bulb growers or nurseries in france? I'd be
> > especially interested in the history of gladioli, but anything concerning
> > french garden history would be interesting.
> > Thanks
> > Michelle Pierce
> >
> > 2012/1/23 Randall P. Linke
> >
> > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Gastil wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Not all my bulbs are special. In fact, most of my bulb garden is
> legacy
> > > > bulbs.
> > >
> > >
> > > I for one, and I am sure there are many here, love the old favorites.
> > > They are special, to us. Thank you for sharing your pictures.
> > >
> > > Randy
> > >
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