"La librairie du jardin des Tuileries" in Paris and "Lire au jardin" in the town of Tours are only the two bookstores in france of which specialities are garden books
librairie du jardin des Tuileries
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With 26000 customers,"Jardin des Tuileries" bookstore in Paris is the most important.
It began in 1996 in an old room of the Marie de Medicis's guards in 17th.
Is a place of meeting beetween tourists,photoghaphs,autors,historians.Here born projects of book.
"La librairie du jardin des Tuileries"
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(copyright Dominique Oliva,
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There are 4000 books of witch subjects garden art,garden and landscape architec and others.This bookstore is a“Réunion des musées nationaux” state propriety
Why there are only two garden bookstores ? because it is very difficult to live for owners only with books. .
Heard and see the Françoise Simon's interview . She invented "La librairie du Jardin des Tuileries"
The second garden bookstore was born in the town of Tours .It's name is "Lire au jardin or in english"Read in the Garden" .
librairie “Lire au Jardin” à Tours
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This bookstore born near the University in 2004 with Alain Renouf. .
First he was a documentalist in a landscape laboratory and a castle too Domaine de Chaumont near Tours during ten years
librairie “Lire au Jardin” à Tours
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"Read in the garden" is an independant bookstore
Whith these 2500 books of this bookstore there is also a place for meeting on the nature
Autors are coming for speaking of their books
For knowing more about: Lire au Jardin
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