Montmarin gardens

There is a rather fine country house at Montmarin, not far from Dinard, that you can visit.   We went to take a look.   There is a formal French style garden, surrounded by grounds that are more in the English tradition.  Very effective.   You can also book the place for weddings, etc.

The house is right by the river Rance, so there are views across the water.   The gardens are open only in the afternoons, I think that they do the maintenance in the mornings.   The battery-powered lawn mowers, however stayed working into the afternoon.  I rather liked the effect that was similar having a big tortoise lumbering around.

There is a nice veg garden that was closed to visitors, and a plant shop where you can buy examples in good condition, of the plants you see around the grounds.