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Organic gardening is an art form at the Château de Villandry. The original château was built in the 16th Century and sold in 1906 to Joachim Carvallo and Ann Coleman, who re-built the Renaissance garden based on classical designs. The garden today is managed by their great-great Grandson, Henri Carvallo, who lives with his family in the horse stables overlooking this horticultural masterpiece. The garden has ten full-time gardeners and attracts about 350,000 visitors per year. The central grid of nine square plots measures a little more than a hectare, with 90% planted in a rotating array of 90% seasonal vegetables, and the rest boxwood, and flowers. This picture was taken a week before the garden is harvested for their annual garden fair. The orange dots in the central square of the vegetable garden are pumpkins

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Organic gardening is an art form at the Château de Villandry. The original château was built in the 16th Century and sold in 1906 to Joachim Carvallo and Ann Coleman, who re-built the Renaissance garden based on classical designs. The garden today is managed by their great-great Grandson, Henri Carvallo, who lives with his family in the horse stables overlooking this horticultural masterpiece. The garden has ten full-time gardeners and attracts about 350,000 visitors per year. The central grid of nine square plots measures a little more than a hectare, with 90% planted in a rotating array of 90% seasonal vegetables, and the rest boxwood, and flowers. This picture was taken a week before the garden is harvested for their annual garden fair. The orange dots in the central square of the vegetable garden are pumpkins

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