n°11 Le Jardin du Marais

Audouville-la Hubert

An enchanting patchwork of tasteful changing scenes 

Over the years, Odile and Paul Beugin have conquered, little by little, the surface of their vast property in the heart of the wetlands natural park.  One by one they have added a series of separate gardens around the superb stone dwelling, each following the other in the manner of a game of dominos.

To begin with the atmosphere is French and formal with clipped box hedges on the south terrace, then moving onto a rather British garden with an effusive mixed border, next a teeming planting round a water feature, then a vegetable garden, further out, to the north of the house is a field of wild flowers, an apple orchard and a shade garden overshadowed by the row of majestic century old ash trees.

Once you have completed the tour of these diverse gardens within a garden, you can only feel awed at the Beugins’ creativity and knowledge.

Collections

• perennials (sedums, sages …
• grasses (Stipa gigantea …)
• clipped box
• ferns
• bulbs (Allium …)
• water plants (water lily …)
• phormiums
• cordylines
• apple trees

Surface

• 6 acres including 5 000 m² of garden