Les jardins de Marqueyssac

 

These are the most beautiful and most visited suspended gardens in the Périgord area!  

While the property has been owned by the same family since 1692, the gardens are only since the 19th century.  Based on the Le Nôtre school of thought, they were modified and embellished by Julien de Cerval.  Influenced by Italian designs, De Cerval planted thousand of boxwood trees, mixing design to reflect the beauty of the countryside and the hills around the property.

The surrounding views

The gardens

All 150,000 boxwood shrubs are pruned by hand twice a year at the end of spring and at the end of fall.

While the boxwoods are quite beautiful and intriguing, the gardens hold many other hidden treasures:

The arched walkway:

The waterfalls

The peacocks who were born in the park and roam freely

And last but not least the mansion