n°20 L'Orail

Le Mesnil-Villeman

A garden that reminds us of the good old days

Here we have a garden in the middle of the countryside which exhales a perfume of times gone by with a profusion of well loved flowers, a chequerboard vegetable garden, and a mass of elegant and unusual topiaries – the speciality of the master of the house, Jean Faucon, who has even achieved a (small) copy of the Eiffel tower.

Colette his wife has an eclectic collection of tools and objects from the past displayed in the properties’ cookhouse. A keen and knowledgeable local historian, she will enthuse about her passion, if you ask her to.

Collections

• many perennials
• annuals
• roses
• Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf) and Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’…

Outstanding plants

• Lebanon cedar
• Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) in front of the house
• Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’
• magnolia x soulangeana with light pink flowers…

Surface

• 5 000 m²