Fall Flowers at Saint-Anne's Hospital

Paris is experiencing beautiful Indian summer days this October, and my husband Tom and I took advantage of the weather to visit Sainte-Anne's Hospital last Sunday.

The day was exceptionally calm and peaceful.  When we strolled up to the main gate of the hospital, we saw that it was bedecked in pink umbrellas and balloons.  We discovered that the hospital is participating in the October Rose campaign for breast cancer awareness.

Main gate of Sainte-Anne's Hospital
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Inside view of main gate at Sainte-Anne's Hospital
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We hoped to have better luck finding landscaping replete with flowers on this visit compared to our spring excursion to the hospital, and we learned that we'll need to come back earlier in the fall to see the gardens in full splendor. 

 

However, we were pleased to find a wider variety of flowers and more of them than we did in the spring.

 

The last of the Peruvian lilies stood guard in front of the Parc Charles Baudelaire, and beds of impatiens surrounded the three dark statues in the park.

 

Pink Peruvian lilies
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Orange and yellow Peruvian lilies
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Beds of impatiens in Parc Charles Baudelaire
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A tree with huge mushrooms growing from its trunk was a curious sight in the park.

Tree with mushrooms in Parc Charles Baudelaire
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Mushrooms on tree trunk
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In front of the pharmacy, the space beneath the sculpture of Daphne was completely barren - the soil was freshly turned and ready for a new planting for winter.

Flower bed beneath Daphne
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A few morning glories grew wild in the ground in front of the chapel and on its railing.

 

Chapel
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Wild morning glories
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Morning glories on railing
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We saw magpies and one of the many cats that live on the grounds during our stroll.  

Magpie
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Sainte-Anne's cat
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Along the Galerie Luigi Pirandello, a stand of Pampas grass swayed gently in the breeze.

Pampas grass
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A single ornamental tobacco plant grew near a sculpture featuring a frolicking goat.

Ornamental tobacco plant and goat sculpture
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Ornamental tobacco plant
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Multiple types of dahlias, bull's eyes, hot lips, and canna lilies were among the other types of flora we found that day. 

Dahlias
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Bull's Eyes
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Canna lily and Hot lips
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We're sure that Beauford would have been thrilled by the palette of colors that Mother Nature prepared for Sainte-Anne residents and visitors alike!