CHAUMONT

Jardins de la Pensée or Gardens of Thought, is the theme of the 27th edition of the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival. Among this year’s prize-winning gardens is Livre de Sable, or Sand Book, garden (pictured) by the architecture collective Moonwalklocal and landscape architecture collective Paysagistes Sans Frontières. The garden creates a desert-like walk, interspersed with architectural blue bushes. The blue is the colour of the garments worn by the men of Chinguetti, in northern Mauritania, who protect precious Arabic manuscripts in Mauritania’s desert libraries. Until 4 November. domaine-chaumont.fr