Monet’s Garden
Posted: August 18th, 2012 by Scott
Our first stop outside of Paris was to Claude Monet’s house and garden located in the town of Giverny, west of Paris.
Monet bought the house in 1883 and designed the gardens himself. Â There are two parts to the gardens, the Clos Normand and the water garden. Â The Clos Normand are the flowerbeds that surround the house with amazing brightly colored flowers.
Monet’s house
House and the Clos Normand
The second part of the garden was the water garden. Â Monet bought a piece of land next to his property to create this pond and water garden. Â He obviously spent many hours working on the garden and painting it.
Water garden
Just like a painting
When we returned into the gift shop and see all the Monet’s paintings, it really felt like we were living in a painting.