On this page, you’ll find links to locations from A Secret Garden in Paris, so you can check out pictures and information about them. Hope you enjoy exploring!

Within Paris

The Jardin du Luxembourg, or Luxembourg Garden: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/jardin-du-luxembourg-p1063 This is the official Paris Tourist Office page on the Luxembourg, but another interesting page tells you more about the Garden and its many features, including the statues amongst which of course is the dancing faun: https://aviewoncities.com/paris/jardin-du-luxembourg

The Flower Market/Marché aux Fleurs Reine Elizabeth II: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/shopping/marche-aux-fleurs-p2223

The Parisian bouquinistes, or secondhand book dealers, where Emma buys the old gardening book in chapter 2, Petit guide pratique du jardinage, have their stalls on both banks of the Seine(Emma bought the book from one on the Left Bank): https://parisjetaime.com/eng/shopping/les-bouquinistes-de-paris-p3737

The beautiful abbey church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés , the oldest church in Paris, where Mattie and Emma go in chapter  5: https://www.unjourdeplusaparis.com/en/paris-culture/eglise-saint-germain-des-pres

The Carnavalet Museum and its garden, where Charlotte and Arielle meet up again, in chapters 6 and 7: https://www.carnavalet.paris.fr/musee-carnavalet

Le Jardin du Parfumeur/The Perfumer’s Garden, Palace of Versailles, where Charlotte goes in chapter 9: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/beauty-products/a44288102/versailles-perfume-garden/

The Cluny museum, National Museum of the Middle Ages, where Arielle goes to hear Daniel’s talk, in chapter 10: https://www.musee-moyenage.fr/en/  If you are interested in having a look at the manuscript Daniel talks about, Le Jardin de vertueuse consolation, which is held in the National Library of France, check out this link at the Library’s fabulous digital repository, Gallica: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1070534m

Les jardins partagés de Paris, or community gardens of Paris

In chapter 16, Arielle and her children meet up with Daniel in the jardin partagé, or shared/community garden that he’s involved with. The garden described in the book isn’t a specific one, but inspired by the many fabulous community gardens around Paris, which are open to the public at specified times, usually on the weekends. They are scattered all round the city, you can find a good description of several here: https://cooknwithclass.com/communal-gardening-paris/

Gardens that Emma and Liz visit on their tour in chapter 20  (in order):

The garden of the Hotel du Sully (link is in French): https://www.pariszigzag.fr/sortir-paris/balade-paris/le-sublime-passage-de-lhotel-de-sully

Jardin Les Rosiers/Joseph Migneret: https://thesecret.app/secrets/1255/jardin-des-rosiers-joseph-migneret

Jardin des Arts/Albert Schweitzer: https://www.paris.fr/lieux/jardin-des-arts-albert-schweitzer-28

Jardin de la Nouvelle France/Garden of New France (also sometimes known by its old name of the Garden of the Swiss Valley: https://www.timeout.com/paris/en/things-to-do/attractions/jardin-de-la-nouvelle-france

And of course, the Luxembourg!

Just for fun, some of the beautiful flowers seen by me in various Paris gardens in May:

Peonies

Irises

Roses

And a couple of other gardens you might like to visit if you are in Paris(not mentioned in the book though, well, I couldn’t include everything 😊):

Roseraie des Arquebusiers, St Gilles/Grand Veneur Square: A lovely, tucked away rose garden in the 3^rd arrondissement! https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-visit-in-paris/walks/articles/248920-square-saint-gilles-grand-veneur-the-charming-and-hidden-rose-garden-of-paris

Parc de Bagatelle, near the Bois de Boulogne

A more far-flung place, on the western outskirts of Paris, a huge, gorgeous, rambling garden—well, a park, really!—once an aristocratic estate–complete with different themed gardens, lovely old buildings, big old trees, masses of flowers—and peacocks! Many peacocks!

https://www.french-gardens.com/gardens/bagatelle.php

Locations outside of Paris

The Morvan region of Burgundy, where Pascal, Eric and their families once lived: https://www.thelocal.fr/20201008/the-morvan-why-you-should-visit-one-of-frances-least-known-natural-parks

Étretat, in Normandy, where Charlotte and Elise go for a short break (see chapters 18 and 21): https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/unmissable-sites/etretat/  You can also check out the Arsène Lupin Museum in the town: https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/museums-and-heritage-sites/le-clos-lupin-maison-maurice-leblanc/

Pic below is a postcard reproducing a gorgeous painting of Etretat  and its fishing boats by Claude Monet(1885)

The Chevreuse Valley, where Arielle and Daniel visit the bee farm in chapter 31, and where Eric now lives: https://thegoodlifefrance.com/the-charms-of-the-chevreuse-valley-near-paris/

Pic is of a lovely 1885 painting by French Impressionist artist Armand Guillaumin, showing spring in the Chevreuse Valley.