Provence is best known for the lavender fields and sunflower fields that paint the countryside purple and yellow during the summer months. The sight of these endless fields of blooms is certainly a wonder to behold but spring flowers in Provence are also incredibly charming, if less renowned. If you decide to book a vacation rental in Provence during the spring and you want to check out the seasonal stars of this bucolic landscape, then take note of the following flowering events…
The scent of herbs over the moors…
Head to garrigue, the moors of Provence, while on holiday in Provence in spring and you will be met with the aromatic scents of rosemary, wild thyme, and Mediterranean pine. While your nose delights in this, your eyes will also be treated to the tapestry of vibrant yellow broom, rich red poppies, and purple-pink centranthus.
Inspiring irises
Famously captured in the paintings of Van Gogh when he spent a year at the asylum of Saint Paul de Mausole in Saint Rémy de Provence, Provence’s irises can be found in vibrant banks in this place where the great artist once stayed and all throughout the region.
The soft blooms of the Luberon
An area of charming villages and farmlands where you’ll find the region’s more famous blooms in the summer, the Luberon area is home to scores of cherry blossom and almond blossom trees, which drift like snow through the lands in the spring.
Smelling of roses
On even numbered years (so this year) in May, at the Palais des Papes in Avignon, the Alterarosa, festival takes place with thousands of rose bushes gathered in the cloisters and the most amazing varieties and examples among them are judged and awarded. You can even purchase some from some of the exhibiting rose-growers and bring a little bit of spring in Provence home with you.
So, book your getaway in Provence today and come see her bloom this spring!