Fete de la Rose, Rose Sale, Fetes de Juin Map

June in Paris is one big festival!

Bear went to  FETE DE LA ROSE at PARC DE BAGATELLE on Sunday afternoon. I've been painting roses since. 

Most of the buses changed routes and schedules in April.

Catch bus #244 at Metro Porte Maillol (exit 6 at Bd. Andre Maurois ). The 244 will be waiting. It stops in front of Fondation Louis Vuitton. Then a few stops later at the gardens. Follow the dirt path to the Porte d'Honneur. Voila. 

La Bagatelle was built in 1777 and covers 62 acres.

Inside the Orangery you can buy bouquets, perfumes, rose ice cream, lollypops and get rose news.

Oh anything rose-enhanced like these sparkling waters. Just outside rose bushes to take home were for sale.

A number of guests were decked out in 18th century costume.

Or picnicking on the grass. Perfect for doodling.

The annual competition of New Roses was on. Everyone was up close and personal, inhaling deeply. Perfume can not begin to come close to the scent of these beauties.

We were given forms to vote on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd preferred roses. Plus the most perfumed. "Ah the smell of it"

We brought home this little bouquet in a bucket(3€!) Immediately we immersed ourselves painting roses 🌹 

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Parc de Bagatelle

Parc de Bagatelle

Is part of the Bois de Bologne in Neuilly.Take the #43 bus from Gare St. Lazare. Then walk tout droit/straight ahead. 

Do not wander into the boulangerie on the corner for an ice cream as I did. The woman gave me the wrong directions. The Bagatelle is down on your left once you've entered the gardens. Really you can't miss it.

There are gardens within gardens. I missed seeing the roses in full bloom and should have come earlier in June. They have many events throughout the summer. Check www.paris.fr

Empress Eugenie's kiosk set up on the hill overlooking the Roseraie.

Stop in the small boutique to the right of the entrance and buy a map for . And 20 centimes 

In English too.

*A reader was having nothing to do with the peacock and kept shooing it away. I should be so lucky as to have a peacock hanging about when I draw ✍️ 

My favorite spot was a small rectangular garden off to the left of the Roseraie, called les jardins des Presentateurs with seasonal changing blooms and vegetation, even corn.

A series of pergolas.

Each one different in design and shape.

A pure visual delight

Breathtaking

At 5 pm I had it to myself. The gardens are open 9:30 till 6:30

Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier (1861-1930) is the landscape architect of this garden as well as the Champs de Mar near the Eiffel Tower. He was influenced by both the Impressionists and the Neoclassical.

Dahlias..

An exhibition on of historic landscape drawings of all the gardens of Paris at the chateau within the park. I haven't even shown you the lily pond and so many other areas but I'll be returning. I'm enjoying all the nature Paris has to offer. Something I rarely did in New York.

Can I send 💌 you a map 🗺️ of Paris parks 📮

Marie-Antoinette had a hand in designing the gardens but that's another story. Are these white flowers pom-poms?

A woman on the 43 bus had a huge bouquet of these white flowers. I'm off to visit goats and cows producing cheese 🧀 near Nantes tomorrow at the ferme of fromager Pascale Beillevaire. More adventures to come!