Crushing Heat Waves in France Threaten Monet’s Gardens in Giverny
Gardeners are using sprinklers and night watering as heat stress burns foliage and kills flowers, while Monet’s water lilies continue to thrive.
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French Heat Wave Fries Flowers at Monet Gardens in Giverny
The recent heat waves that have set France abroil—shuttering museums, sparking wildfires, and sending citizens plunging into the Seine—have taken their toll on the famed gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny in Normandy. Among the casualties are the thousands of nasturtiums directly descended from those planted by the Impressionist more than a hundred years ago. Lining the gardens’ central […]
Heatwaves in France Damage Beloved Flowers at Monet’s Gardens
Amid a series of fatal, record-breaking heatwaves rippling across France, gardeners maintaining Claude Monet's house and gardens in Giverny reported that the scorching conditions have damaged the Impressionist painter's beloved nasturtiums. In a video segment broadcast on France24 this week, deputy head gardener Rémi Lecoutre said that this is the first time that heat damage has occurred to this extent, calling the matter “incredibly sad.”The en…
In the Norman town, the team of the Casa y Jardines Museum Claude Monet waters at night and groups species to reduce water stress, while assessing to incorporate more resistant varieties without altering the historical design
The high temperatures have burned the foliage and withered some flowers from the gardens of Giverny, while those responsible look for how to adapt this historic space without losing the essence that inspired the impressionist painter
For the first time one of the most loved species (and painted) by the painter did not resist the summer, while the water flowers did not suffer any damage. Now the gardeners think of the future
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