A special front landscape.

I loved this front garden in St. Luce. It truly reflected the gardener's spirit.  

(This is a duplicate post from Natural Gardening, but I thought it fit Places of the Spirit, too.)

Home landscapes in our part of Quebec (3 hours east of Quebec City, at the gateway to the Gaspé Peninsula) tend to be conservative, reflecting a relatively modest interest in gardening.  

I've noticed a distinct increase in gardening interest, though, as we returned after a year and a half away, with two growing seasons behind us now.  There had been lots of additions, largely ornamental, some edible, and some more native-oriented, too.

This front garden in Saint Luce, a seaside community not far from Rimouski, was in the later category.  Not a native landscape, to be sure, but a lovely one inspired by meadow landscapes, incorporating native perennials and annual ornamental meadow plants, too.

All in front of a lovely historic house.  Nice.

Behind the house is the Gulf of the St. Lawrence.