My Secret Garden

There’s a hidden rose garden in the Marais that I keep a secret and only show on my tours. I frequently visit and in the spring it changes weekly, sometimes daily. The weather has been glorious for the last week: sunny, warm with a cool, pleasant breeze, and not a cloud in the sky. I hadn’t been in a about a week and on Sunday, when I was showing it to my clients, I gasped. Suddenly, all the closed buds that had stubbornly held out for sunshine, had burst wide open. In all the times I’d had been here, I had never seen so many in bloom at the same time. The wild vines were overflowing with outrageous roses in the most stunning colors that nature could only make, almost looking fake in their perfection. Of course the smell was deliriously intoxicating. Here are some photos and even though I think they look great, it pales by comparison to experiencing them live. So now you have to take one of my tours if you want to see my secret garden.

I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour
includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.

I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.

Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com

Comments

[Tim]

What a wonderful set of photos. I am a Yank who has spent the last two winters in Paris, but of course the flowers are not in bloom during that interval. A thousand thanks for this glimpse of paradise.

[Marie Louise]

Wow - looks like summer already in Paris - beautiful garden you're showing in the Marais - I know, it's secret - but I am wondering where exactly it is. It's still cold here in Connecticut. I am a former New Yorker who also spent time in Paris (three years). Was back last summer after a long time away. Incredible city - I'll be back to see what's happening there!

[richard]

Hi Marie Louise,
Thanks so much for your comment on my blog. I am also a former New Yorker and lived all my life there till I moved here 3 years ago. Can't tell you where the garden is but how about I show it to you next time you are here.Hint: It's in the Marais.

[emiglia]

That looks gorgeous! I love your blog... as a fellow New Yorker turned Parisian, I think your insights on Paris are very interesting... and I think this rose garden looks amazing!