Marc rescued a ruined 19th century Greenhouse and has spent 3 years rebuilding it at the chateau. Today we are transforming the chateau’s old fuel cistern into a tropical pond for the greenhouse, which will be both decorative and beautiful as well as serve to help keep the greenhouse humid and warm. We also begin work on the arched stone tunnel entrance to the greenhouse!
Some years ago we rescued a ruined 19th century glasshouse from the Lorraine region of France, with plans to turn it into a beautiful tropical greenhouse on our chateau estate. Follow us as we restore this Art Nouveau glasshouse and return it to its former glory!
Our other Greenhouse project:
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We live in a medieval castle with a huge, derelict estate in southern France. Follow our ambitious garden projects, from vineyards to formal gardens, tropical plants to self-sustainability. Our project is enormous and our enthusiasm contagious. We’d love you to join us.
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I am amazed by ALL of this project; the bedrock breaking, using newly created rocks that form a new wall, the repurposing of a fuel tank for a pond that will release heat for the green house, the knowledge and skill of the stone masons who can build with stones.
In America; we build with steel beams and wooden beams, with wooden 2 inch x 4 inch support boards of whatever length needed, with sheets of drywall that we paint, some mass produced exterior sheeting that resembles a natural product, and with a roofing material that mimics small multicolored stone slabs. "Ticky tacky houses that all look the same." What a shame.
I really enjoy this gardening channel! It’s a long wait between episodes 🙂
What an imaginative and useful upcycling project. This will be a lot of fun to watch (and a lot of work for Marc, but rewarding in the end).
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I love watching the progress. I marvel at how precisely those stone get placed. Can't wait for the next steps in this project!
Marc in open toed sandals while lifting large rocks around is giving me shudders. There are occasions when steel cap boots are preferable to raspberry jam toes. 😅😬
Really enjoy how you both have long term visions for the property and don't get frustrated by short term delays. 😊
I love Mark’s grandiose ideas, or cunning plans.❤. And his safety footwear. 😂
How about growing a Vanilla planifolia? This is an evergreen vine and is a species of vanilla orchid native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. Wouldn't it be wonderful to grow your own vanilla pods/beans. Thank you so much for sharing your progress. Best to all of you from Central California.
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That was an excellent upcycle for that tank. 👏 ❤
The tank is another useful thing saved and waiting for reuse 😊
I can't really visualise it in situ, becuase the tank diameter seems large for the space.
This is one amazing project to watch as it progresses.
I'm here to learn & enjoy watching the process unfold, I wouldn't dream of suggesting to Marc, the botanist, which plants are best; I'm more likely to ask him that question!
Hello Amy, It was nice to first see a video of the remove 😂 of the oil reservoir and how little Clement was. And then the follow-up to it. I think Mark is full of new ideas for recycling materials. Don't you get tired of that sometimes, Amy? It is a nice idea to transform such an oil drum into a pond in the greenhouse. Perhaps a beautiful pond for botanical water lilies? In a few of our university cities, they have a student botanical garden where you can walk around for a fee. There are greenhouses with special plants there as well. 💖The guided tours are also very interesting, where you learn how old some of the plants are. Have a nice weekend, Karlijna
This is such an interesting channel. We love Marc's ingenuity.
I've been watching you and mark from way back when you was carrying clemont .when you stopped vlogin I missed your little family .but now you are back im enjoying you even more.cant wait to see the out come of the greenhouse x
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Me encanta tu sentido del humor 🤣 y me encanta el acento de tu marido, parece una mezcla de inglés y Francés 🤭 ❤
Va ser una belleza ese invernadero. ❤
Your channel disappeared from my feed for probably 8 months. Glad to see you back.
I love this kind of upcycling project. The old tank has a beautiful shape. I'd find it a shame to bury it completely and not see it anymore. But it might look different on site.
Pineapple would be delish.🍍
Now I understand how castles are built.
I just went through 'Marc this is a slightly bonkers idea' 🤔……. To 'Marc this is a wonderful idea!!' 😂 I'm so excited to follow your progress x
SO NICE TO WATCH SOMEONE COMPLETE A PROJECT THEY HAVE WANTED FOR A LONG TIME.
I love your commentary regarding each project!
Marc has so many great ideas
Fascinating! I would so much loved to be there in person watching that be put together. I am a woman who loves diggers and DIY projects. I am a mother of boys, so I watched a lot of Bob the Builder about 20 years ago. I Love ferns, Koi are always beautiful to have in a pond but a greenhouse pond, I am not sure, but certain reeds and Cat's tails are fun water plants. I believe there are irises that enjoy being water adjacent.
I love the idea of the pond in the greenhouse, maybe sunken pots with water Irises would work, they usually grow in marsh areas, but if the post are at the correct height the Irises will be another variety to Marc's collection. This green house is evolving just as the water cistern project slowly came together. Sadly we have snow again, we had two days of 21C and 27C then this morning it was -2C with almost two inches of snow. I was just beginning to clean up the flowerbeds and get the winter road grit off our lawn. I guess this is why we do not plant anything until after this long weekend… question is; will it be the end of the snow? Ronnie in Saskatchewan
Marc has quite the vision. Love the pond in the greenhouse. Will there be fish or just plants , ie water lilies? Can’t wait to see it completed 😍😘
I think you should plant a Red Helliconia in homage to the island where you met. The flower is Montserrat's national flower, and it is beautiful. ❤❤
You have the most amazing home and piece of property. So full of history, and hidden history treasures.
I love seeing tiny Clement again 🥰 so adorable 😊
I also love that nothing is too much trouble to go forward with! Massive slabs of immovable stone? No problem! Amazing work ethic!
Your chateau and gardens are truly wonderful. So unspoilt and historically impressive. ❤
Love to see what Marc has been up to!
Does a simple, straighforward project exist in Marc's world!??? You and he seem to find no project too complicated to tackle. Reconstructing an old glass greenhouse on a bedrock of granite is enough for 98% of us but then to add in a pond, that's beyond the beyond. You and he bring new meaning to the idea of repurposing and eliminating waste. Incredible.
I recently went to West Dean gardens in Sussex and they have a huge walled garden with 13 Victorian greenhouses, one of which is a tropical one with a huge water tank in the middle . If you are interested I can visit again as it’s only a few miles away and do plant research for you