Voyage au bout de la tomate Sandrine FEUTRY France Version française

This garden pays tribute to a great traveller, the tomato. Like the potato, it was born in the Peruvian Andes, discovered by the Spanish conquistadors. It takes its first trip to Europe in the 16th century, and is dubbed “Apple of Gold (pomodoro)” in Italy. Later proclaimed an aphrodisiac, it became “Apple of Love.” Yet many were suspicious of its red fruit resembling that of the “magical” mandrake, a hallucinogen. This spiralling garden recounts the tomato’s voyage across time and oceans. The scaffolding symbolizes its constant transformation, while ladders link the continents. Besides tomatoes, other plants invite us to travel: “Spanish” runner bean, Virginia Creeper, German Pipe, Vine of the North (hops), or Indian Feathers vine.

Garden's plants Achillea coarctata Allium schubertii Allium tuberosum Aristolochia macrophylla Artemisia abrotanum Cymbopogon citriodorus Cyphomandra betacea Humulus lupulus Lathyrus odoratus Lycopersicon esculentum Lycopersicon hirsutum Lycopersicon peruvianum Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium Mina lobata Monarda didyma 'Cambridge Scarlet' Origanum Physalis alkekengi Physalis peruviana Salvia amplexicaulis Salvia confertifolia Salvia darcyi Salvia forskaohlei Salvia officinalis Satureja Teucrium chamaedrys

 

Garden realized with the support of the Ecole Nationale Superieure du Paysage - Potager du Roi in Versailles, of the Association Kokopelli and Reignier Bâtiment.

Garden's web site: www.tomatechaumont.canalblog.com