Jardins d Etretat - Jardin Impressions photo by Etretat Garden.
Les Jardins d'Étretat is an experimental garden with "living sculptures" above the cliff in Étretat, Normandy. The gardens surround a villa that belonged to the actress Madame Thébault, at the beginning of the 20th century. website of the garden Jardins d'Etretat by Parcs et Jardins.fr
Avenue Damilaville, 76790 Étretat France +33 2 35 27 05 76
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1905, The actress Mrs Thébault became the owner of a Belle Époque villa built on the Amont cliff in Étretat. She called the house "Villa Roxelane" located in a 4000m2 parc. The landscape architect Auguste Lecanu helped her to arrange the garden.
Claude Monet was a friend of Mrs Thebault and he came to her garden on may occasions to paint the cliffs of Etretat. The painting "Sunset at Etretat" was painted from the property.
A vine scupture in the garden pays homage to Claude Monet.
2017, the Russian architect Alexandre Grivka buys the property with the idea to open the garden to the public.