Villa Thuret

This was our 1st object of the day: Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret a.k.a. Thuret Botanical Gardens.
The Gardens were created by Gustave Thuret, a French botanist with a special interest in algae, and was the first privately funded research laboratory in France.
Scientists were not the only ones to visit Gustave Thuret’s garden - it was also popular with diplomats and artists. In 1868, in “Letters of a Traveller”, Georges Sand wrote that it was “...The loveliest garden I have ever seen...”
More info can be glimpsed at on Wiki:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardin_botaniqu….

So, as " botanical," it's more focused on trees, shrubs, etc. There were some things in Bloom, but not much.
What we found out was the fact that there are many artwork sculptures there.
as you can see, I took my share of pics.

It was also while we were there that rain caught up with us for a spell. Thankfully, it was not heavy, and we were able to shelter in a gazebo for perhaps 20 minutes. After that, it was more of a slight nuisance, and finally the skies brightened upRead more