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...
It’s 2 years today that we moved to the beautiful Chateau de la Boutiniere. It’s been 2 years of hard work and challenges as we have transitioned to living in France, but we love our new life here and have made so many new French and English friends. We’ve just...
It is mid-winter here at Chateau de la Boutiniere. We are huddled around a roaring fire heaped with wood from our own forest, which smells divine! We have slowly de-camped down to 2 rooms (out of the chateau’s 47 rooms!), to stay warm and save on fuel, so I am writing...
Spring has most definitely sprung at our beautiful Chateau home, and we’ve felt blessed to watch the gardens come to life with beautiful daffodils and birdsong. We still have a long way to go before our vision for a stunning wedding venue is a reality, but as the...
Welcome to the Château de la Boutinière blog! This is the place where we’ll post updates of our Chateau adventure, so bookmark the page and make sure to visit regularly. We fell in love with the idea of owning a Chateau in France after stumbling over the Chateau...
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