Choosing plants for your Provençal garden is one of the most important decisions you will make — and often one of the most misunderstood. Many people start with a list of plants they love. I prefer to start with questions. How exposed is the garden? How does the soil react after rain? Where does the sun linger in the afternoon? Which areas stay dry even in spring? In Provence, a garden is shaped as much by what you don’t  plant as by what you do. Over the years, I’ve seen gar

When people ask me what a Provençal garden really looks like, I rarely give a short answer. Not because it is complicated, but because it cannot be reduced to a single image. Over the years, walking through gardens across Provence, I’ve come to understand that a Provençal garden is less about design trends and more about a relationship with the land. It is shaped by climate, soil, and time — and above all, by respect for what already exists. Here, we don’t impose a garden. We