Giverny’s New Head Horticulturist On Keeping Monet’s Garden

“You have to look at it with a painter’s eye, rather than a gardener’s eye. … It has the straight lines [typical of French gardens], but it also has natural, soft plants. I see people leaning down and expressing wonder over a simple pansy, taking photographs. They would never do that in a public park. Because it’s Monet’s garden, the poetry takes over.”