“The knotted hornbeams”

Situated on the Herve plateau, exposed to winds and to the cold, lying on a ground consisting of silex and clay, this one-ha garden replaces a former orchard. Rich in curves and bends – not unlike a woman’s statue – it has been designed in stages without the help of any architect. It consists of mixed borders and perennials, leading to green lanes edged with flowers. Because of its openings and perpectives, it invites the visitor to walk on and discover alarge variety of daffodils, thododendrons,azaleas, roses, hydrangeas, acers, salices, viburnums, cornus (among which one ‘Florida’) and hellebores.

E40 motorway, exit 37. Drive towards Herve(N3). After driving for about 800m and passing the Citroën garage, turn left into Rue Sonkeu. At the Ravel bridge, when the road divides to form a Y,  take the righthand branch , which is in fact a cul-de-sac.

A 12-are, long and narrow garden. Well-groomed and harmonious at the start, the flower-beds become wilder and more rustic as one moves away from the house. You will find here a vegetable garden, a small pond with a cascade, and terraces scattered all over a garden which has English rosebushes, clematis, hostas and boxwood.
 

E-42, Liège-Namur motorway, exit 5. Follow Verlaine traffic signs.

A 25-are garden of English inspiration. Wide mixed borders, pond, green arbours where rambler roses, ancient roses, asters and other perennials mix harmoniously.

E25, Liège-Luxembourg motorway, exit 48, then N66 towards Hamoir. Drive for 7 kms. At the second road junction on the left( Ferrières) turn right towards Grimonster, rue du Ferot and drive for about 2 kms.

A French garden, laid out in tiers and looking out on a vast panorama ; rose nursery, vegetable garden, orchard, apiary, English park, ponds, tree-lined alley.

At the place where the N63 Liège-Marche road meets the N683 Seraing-Plainevaux road (the place is known as « carrefour de Plainevaux », Plainevaux crossroads, and has traffic lights) take the direction of Ouffet. Keep on this road until you reach the village of Hody. Leaving the village turn right in the direction of Xhos.