The allotment gardens of Stains

[leventdelanuit]

Stains, at the outskirts of Paris, has several sites of allotment gardens. After the hustle and bustle of the capital, the tranquillity of these allotments can be quite bewildering.

[kerouac2]

Excellent. I hope you'll show more. I showed quite a few of them in my report about Montreuil. (In case you're wondering why I put things like Montreuil in the category of Paris, it's because I unilaterally decided that any town reached by the Paris metro can be considered "Paris.")

[bixaorellana]

Yes, yes -- show more! I love gardens, but particularly the darling personal ones. Allotments fall into that category, with the added interest of how each gardener addresses the special challenges of his/her plot.

[cheerypeabrain]

Fabulous! Allotments can be little havens of peace and quiet. They look lovely, I can almost hear the birds singing!

[leventdelanuit]

Stains is among France's poorer cities. But as Paris keeps expanding, and is about to add cities like Stains to "Grand Paris", property speculation is menacing these allotments.

[bixaorellana]

Lovely dreamy pictures, LeVent (<-- is that okay?). That makes the menace of their falling to speculators even sadder.