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The French Laundry Culinary Garden in Yountville, CA

By Mavis Butterfield on June 26, 2016 · 3 Comments
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the french laundry garden

While we were in San Francisco last week we rented a car on two different days. The first day it was to drive out to Filoli Mansion in Woodside, California and to drive up the California coast and hit a beach or two on the way back.

the french laundry

The second day we rented a car we headed out to the Napa Valley and one of our stops was at the French Laundry culinary gardens {which are directly across the street from the French Laundry Restaurant}.

the french laundry pepper plants

The French Laundry is owned by the famous chef Thomas Keller and dinner {which is a 9 course meal} goes for around $310 {tax, and tip not included of course}.

tomato plants

Now, I know I’ll never fork over $310 for dinner, but I will spend the morning ogling a good kitchen garden for free. And you should too if you are ever in the area. They have everything there. And it’s gorgeous.

yellow heirloom tomato

Heirloom tomatoes.

green beans

Green beans.

zucchini

Zucchini.

beets

Beets and more.

bee hive

They even produce their own honey.

bee hive colony

Or atleast, the bees do.

the french laundry greenhouseThe greenhouse.

greenhouse the french laundry

It seems to go on forever.

chicken coop the french laundry

And there are chickens too. Don’t you love the setup? I think I want my next chicken yard to look like the one at the French Laundry.

potato plants

A nice plot of potatoes.

pumpkin vines

I don’t know about you, but I could tour gardens all day long. There is just something about them that is so peaceful.

Have a great sunday everyone,

~Mavis

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Comments

  1. Mrs. C. says

    June 26, 2016 at 2:15 pm

    Beautiful!
    We expanded our garden this year and, honestly, I’m exhausted keeping up with it! I pruned my 65+ tomato plants this week, and I was doing some foliar feeding today and the ones I did four days ago seem to need it AGAIN. It gets so hot where I am that I have to garden between 6-10, and I do!

    Reply
    • Mavis Butterfield says

      June 27, 2016 at 8:56 am

      What are you going to do with all those tomato plants? I miss my old garden and the abundance of vegetables.

      Reply
  2. Cathy says

    July 8, 2016 at 7:38 am

    I could tour gardens all day long as well. On a recent trip to Virginia, I visited Monticello and paid the high (in my opinion) admission price because I wanted to see the gardens and you can’t do that without the house tour ticket. Gardens were amazing!

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