After a 45 minute walk through the Bois de Boulogne, I entered the Parc de Bagatelle, one of the most beautiful parks in Paris. The park is much larger and more informal than I expected and there is a lot to see, the small Chateau de Bagatelle, a little waterfall, a couple of bridges over the man-made lakes and lots birds; ducks, geese, swans, and peacocks.

The tulips are out at the moment but I’ll likely head back next month when the Dutch Iris will be on display. The real show is in June and July when most of the 8000 rose bushes will be in flower and another visit will be in order.

From ParisInfo:

Created in the 18^th century at the heart of the Bois de Boulogne, the beautiful Parc de Bagatelle is laid out in the Anglo-Chinese style. The 24-hectare park is landscaped in a determinedly romantic fashion and features charmingly bucolic scenes with waterfalls, grottoes, little bridges and a Chinese pagoda.

The park, designed by the landscape architect Thomas Blaikie, includes a world-renowned magnificent rose garden of 8,000 rose plants representing 1,200 species, an orangery, the Trianon, small thematic gardens — the iris garden, the presentation garden, the perennial plant garden, etc. — that present plants by species.

Parc de Bagatelle