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Archived ArticlesLes Espaces Vertes (Green Spaces) May 6, 2009 Even though Paris is a huge, bustling metropolis, les espaces
vertes (green spaces) abound. 
Window box on the Boulevard St. Germain In fact, the French cultivate what I call 'garden moments' with spectacular ease. From the lowly window box to the tiny courtyard corner to lavish park lawns, the French create-and enjoy-nature quite regularly. On my last sojourn in Paris, I took time to absorb these green gems everywhere I found them. Once I started looking, it seemed that everything was vert (green) in a place that normally comes across quite gris (gray) (see the previous French Affaires Weekly article "Gray Paris is Paris"). Here is a visual tour of some of the most charming garden spaces I encountered this spring-and in case you want to bring the outdoors in, exquisite flower bouquets make for very nice portable jardins (gardens). Vive le jardinage à la française (long live gardening French-style)! 
A green corner of a Left Bank courtyard 
The garden at the Musée Jacquemart-André 
An Invitation to sit a while in the Tuileries gardens 
Lawn lingering at the Parc Monceau (and it was not a weekend!) 
The reflecting pool at the Parc Monceau 
Portable nature for 27 euros Francophiles in Dallas can enjoy a wonderful garden moment this
Monday, May 11, with the Dallas Chapter of the French
Heritage Society. The organization is hosting French historian
and landscape architect, Christian Duvernois, who has just come
out with his garden book Marie-Antoinette and the Last Garden
at Versailles. His work has been profiled in the New
York Times, House & Garden, Art Forum, and
the International Herald Tribune. 
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