SOUTH OF FRANCE
An odd occurrence happened last week. Someone sent me 10 postcards - from the 1960s - from France - each showing cacti gardens on the Cote d'Azur. The mystery is that I've no idea why they were sent to me. Perhaps someone matched Cacti and postcards on some search engine and came up with me? No one I know has admitted putting them on to me - so whoever my benefactor is - a big thank you - I shall add them to my collection of stamps/postcards showing cacti/succulents.
I present them below because I find them interesting - they are all growing (well) out of doors and open to the elements - I can only assume it is very dry in the South of France though I've never been there. Anyone know if these gardens still exist?
The dates in brackets show when the postcard was sent (for the used ones)
Jardin exotique de Sanary-Bandol
Merveilleuse floraison des cactus rares du Mexique (1965)
Principaute de Monaco
Le Jardin Exotique
Cactee laineuse du Perou (Espostoa Lanata)
Groupe au 1er plan (Euphorbia Resinifera, Maroc)
Jardin Exotique de Monaco
Echinocactus grusonii (1958)
(tinted photograph and rather over-coloured!)
La Principaute de Monaco
Monte Carlo - Le Jardin exotique
Jardin Exotique de Monaco
Cereus marginatus et divers (1964)
La Cote d'Azur, miracle de la nature
Jardin Exotique (1965)
Cote d'Azur - Eze Village - Le jardin exotique
(coussins de belle-mere et candelabres)
Vegetation tropicale et exotique
(coussins de belle mere de Eze Village)
Eze Village - son Jardin Exotique
Jardin Botanico Tropical "Pinya de Rosa"
Blanes - Sta Cristina - Lloret de Mar
Girona Costa Brava (Spain)