Glycine ©Photo : Jacques Faujour / Adagp, Paris 2008 Jardin blanc Coquelicot			The Gardens The Museum gardens have received the label "Jardin remarquable" from the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Visit private gardens in Giverny Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, 2008 Gardens that inspired impressionist painters will be exceptionally opened (gardens of Maison Perry / the Hameau). Free admission. The Museum Gardens: from monochrome garden rooms to the poppy-strewn field The Giverny Musée d'Art Américain Giverny is terraced into surrounding hills, following the natural slope of the land to blend harmoniously with the landscape. Designed by landscape architect Mark Rudkin, the garden features monochrome flower beds separated by hedges. From one end of the garden to the other – from the pond to the field strewn with poppies—a series of colourful garden rooms lead visitors to a majestic profile of the Giverny hill, the setting for so many impressionist paintings. At the museum entrance, visitors are greeted by an arbour of white wisteria, homage to the main alley in Monet’s garden next door. The Hameau: tamed nature, wild nature The Hameau garden is divided into two sections, each with its own distinctive character. The inspiration for the colours and vegetation in the upper garden comes from paintings of this very site by American artists who lived in the house, such as Frederick Frieseke, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Structured sections, composed of boxwood hedges, flower beds and parallel rows of apple trees, surround an orchard of standard apple trees. To the south, an archway of hazelnut trees leads to a second garden crafted in a very different style. The field, designed and planted by Didier Brunner with the help of the British botanist Mark Brown, brings together plants indigenous to Giverny with other varieties, to create a pleasure-grove of wild plants. Maison Rose and Maison Cannet: home to artists past and present The neighbouring Maison Rose and Maison Cannet were home to American artists at the turn of the twentieth century. These included Theodore Butler, Claude Monet’s son-in-low, who lived at Maison Cannet with his wife Blanche and their two children, James and Lili. Maison Rose now welcomes yearly artists and art historians for the Terra Summer Residency. Its lush garden, hidden from onlookers by high walls, is a source of inspiration for the artists and academics who attend the summer study programs organised by the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny.