by chateau-admin | May 12, 2024 | Our Chateau Journey
I am still home alone here at Château de la Boutinière, but it has been a very busy week. I have been doing a lot of gardening. The weather is beautiful at the moment, but it has been quite cold and there are rain clouds coming in. Some of the plants are not enjoying...
by chateau-admin | Apr 29, 2024 | Our Chateau Journey
I am back on the château steps again, but this time it is just me. Zion has gone away for ten days to visit family, so I am home alone for the first time. That is not a problem, though. I have more than enough to keep me busy. And of course, while the cat’s away, you...
by chateau-admin | Apr 22, 2024 | Our Chateau Journey
It has been another busy week here, although the rain has continued, which has made external work a challenge. Even so, we are pressing on, as everything we are doing now is leading up to our first wedding. One of the main projects at the moment is removing the render...
by chateau-admin | Mar 24, 2024 | Our Chateau Journey
We have decided to start recording more regularly. We have had so many messages from people asking what we are doing that it felt like the right moment to begin a weekly series. This is the first of those entries, where we will talk through our week and the projects...
by chateau-admin | Jan 13, 2024 | Our Chateau Journey
January – our château rocks! In January, filming of the preparation of our wedding garden was drawn to a halt by the discovery of rocks just below the surface soil, preventing us from carrying out the wedding garden design we had set our hearts on doing. These...