Jardin des Plantes: Animal art and flowers

September 22, 2015

The Jardin des Plantes is about a 10-minute walk from my apartment, and it's a lovely place to stroll. It can also be full of surprises!  Today I encountered these colorful animal-shaped cutouts all through the gardens:










Even though it's mid-September, there are still a lot of flowers about (like the dahlias in that last photo).  Here are a few more...

More dahlias:

Nice foliage:

An assortment of reds:

Don't know the variety, but nice colors:

Cute and yellow:

The following are from the Jardin du Luxembourg... just a sample; that place is pretty spectacular:



One of my upcoming posts will cover my trip to Giverny (where Monet had his house and gardens):  flowers galore!

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