Spring in our Riviera Garden
A while ago I was asked by the magazine Living France to write about my garden in the Riviera. At...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 15 Apr, 2019 | Lou Messugo
A while ago I was asked by the magazine Living France to write about my garden in the Riviera. At...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 29 Sep, 2017 | Lou Messugo
Back in late 2015 I was asked by the magazine Living France to write a series of articles about my...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 21 May, 2017 | Lou Messugo
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Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 15 Sep, 2016 | Lou Messugo
It’s been a while since I’ve written about the wildlife at Lou Messugo but not for the lack of it,...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 9 Jun, 2016 | Lou Messugo
Last year I was contacted by Living France magazine and interviewed for a short article about the...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 19 Nov, 2015 | Lou Messugo
We are experiencing the most wonderful autumn in the South of France. For several weeks now the...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 11 May, 2015 | Lou Messugo
Every year around this time I write about the flowers in the garden; every year the new growth...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 24 Feb, 2015 | Provence-Côte d'Azur
The exotic gardens of Eze, also called the Jardin Botanique d’Eze is an extraordinary...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 11 Sep, 2014 | Lou Messugo
After a month or so of no rain and unseasonably hot temperatures it finally rained yesterday...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 7 May, 2014 | Lou Messugo
The garden is alive with self-seeded wild cistus flowering all over the place. This makes me so...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 10 Apr, 2014 | Lou Messugo
We have the most remarkable blue flowering shrub in the garden at Lou Messugo. It’s in full...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 18 Oct, 2013 | Lou Messugo
Four years ago last week we moved into our brand new house – a house that we’d had...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 5 Jul, 2013 | Lou Messugo
The garden is looking very summery. The oleanders are in full bloom and that for me screams...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 29 Apr, 2013 | Lou Messugo
The garden at Lou Messugo, the lane and the land out the back are looking good. Despite...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 24 Nov, 2020 | Activities, Walks, Beaches & Day Trips
The Cap d’Antibes on the French Riviera, a name synonymous with luxury properties,...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 14 Nov, 2020 | European Travel
France is full of enchanting villages and among the approximately 30,000 communes there are...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 12 Jun, 2020 | Provence-Côte d'Azur
We’ve been having some incredibly stormy weather over the last couple of weeks. The Côte...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 24 May, 2020 | Lou Messugo
I’m sure everyone is looking forward to getting back to normal in a post-covid-19 world....
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 8 May, 2020 | Lou Messugo
This week at Lou Messugo it’s been all about going green. We’ve been eagerly watching...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 17 Apr, 2020 | Lou Messugo
The ups and downs of lockdown became evident this week. I began on a high and ended on a low....
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 10 Apr, 2020 | Lou Messugo
It’s been a good week with seemingly lots going on in our lockdown life. After three and a...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 8 Apr, 2020 | Lou Messugo
We are 10! Lou Messugo is 10 years old this week, happy birthday to us! Lou Messugo is 10 We...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 3 Apr, 2020 | Lou Messugo
Our lockdown this week beats fairly consistently to the rhythm of gardening and baking with a...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Thomas | 20 Mar, 2020 | Lou Messugo
A few years ago I used to publish a photo every Sunday. One photo, no words. I used to enjoy it as...
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