David is an experienced and enthusiastic gardener who grows over 50 types of vegetables in his potager. During the summer, you can find him in the walled kitchen garden that not only supplies wonderfully fresh vegetables but also salads, herbs and fruits. Raspberries freshly picked from the garden for breakfast are just one of the many seasonal treats. Or in autumn – perhaps wild mushrooms from the local woods.
Apples growing in the Orchard
Apples growing in the Orchard 		Pumpkins from the Potager
Pumpkins from the Potager
The Center of the Potager
The Center of the Potager 		The Potager in Summer
The Potager in Summer 		Free range chickens
Free Range Chickens
Features of the kitchen garden are obelisks, raised beds, standard roses and lots of decorative vegetables, very much in the style of traditional French potagers. The garden also supplies fresh cut flowers and decorative gourds for the bedrooms and elsewhere in the house. There is also is a small flock of free range chickens that provide wonderful eggs for Lesley’s crème brulée and pavlova.
The garden is an excellent place to sit, relax and watch some of the wild birds that have also made Chateau La Cour their home. Watch the kestrels that nest in a hole to the left of the front door. Follow the comings and goings of the house martins and the swallows, busily raising their young. Sit patiently in the garden as dusk approaches, and perhaps see the barn owls that nest in an ancient pigeonnier set high in the east wall of the house.