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Cafe Marliacea<br />
French National Waterlily Collection, lined<br />
hypnotically with antique terracotta pots<br />
where cuttings were once grown before they<br />
were sold.<br />
Other waterlilies and lotuses grow in the<br />
rectangular pools (from the air it looks like a<br />
set of watercolours) where frogs hop and plop,<br />
amid the dragonflies and butterflies. Twenty<br />
kinds of bamboo grow by the pretty pond, with<br />
its waterfall and a Japanese bridge - a nod to<br />
Monet’s Giverny.<br />
The garden’s excellent Café Marliacea<br />
serves lunch, and dinner on Sunday evenings<br />
in summer, when the nocturnal tropical<br />
waterlilies in the greenhouse show their stuff,<br />
including the Amazonian Victoria, with its 1.5m<br />
diameter pie-pan leaves.<br />
If you’re feeling Monet-ish, Latour-Marliac’s<br />
excellent website tells how to create your<br />
own water feature. Study it before you arrive,<br />
because it’s all too easy to be overwhelmed by<br />
the magnificent lilies!<br />
© Yvette Molina<br />
For more Bamboo and<br />
Waterlilies...<br />
From Le-Temple-sur-Lot it’s just over an hour’s<br />
drive to two other Jardins Remarquables in<br />
the Dordogne: the exotic bamboo Jardin<br />
de Planbuisson in Buisson de Cadouin and<br />
the Jardins d’Eau in Carsac-Aillac home to<br />
Europe’s only waterlily labyrinth.<br />
https://frenchcountryadventures.com/<br />
RAINA STINSON<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
International Award Winning &<br />
Fine Art Photographer<br />
Guided Photography Day Tours<br />
and Workshops<br />
Customized photo sessions to capture<br />
your special moments in Provence<br />
rainastinsonphotography.com<br />
Website: latour-marliac.com<br />
Take a half day tour: with French Country<br />
Adventures frenchcountryadventures.com<br />
© Les Jardins d'Eau en Périgord, le Labyrinthe aquatique<br />
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