OUR SECRET CHRISTMAS COURTYARD REVEALED!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- THE CHRISTMAS DIARIES: 21st day of ADVENT!!!
For the last few weeks we've been busily preparing a huge new feature in the courtyard and decorating it for Christmas! Here I can finally reveal the behind the scenes work and the final look...
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It's the Vlogmas time of year again - CHRISTMAS AT THE CHATEAU has begun! Happy Advent!
Follow all of us as we get the chateau ready for a spectacular French Christmas.
Each day will be filled with decorating, cooking, gift buying, carol singing and discovering ancient Christmas traditions from around the world.
Who does not absolutely love Amaury's mother??? She is the absolute best!!! ❤❤❤
love love love Auntie
I know right?
Amaury is more than just his good look. He is humble, well mannered and a great human being.
And his voice is honey to my ears…
Yes he is! He and Dan are awesome together!
Well said.
There’s not many men that make me want to get on my hands and knees 😉
Totally agree, and we can add: so talented artist and absolutely super organized.
It’s astounding to me how invested I’m in a people and place I’ve never met or been. As one of many with limited family please know how you’ve become like a family to me and many others. Lots of love and thank you for all you do. The singing brought tears to my eyes.
I agree totally! And yes these vlogs have brought tears to my eyes too! Merry Christmas from South Australia!
Beautiful! And it brought tears to my eyes, also my ♥️ ! Merry Christmas Everyone!
I brought my two daughters to stay at Lalande last Sunmer and we had so much fun! It really is a magical place Stephanie and her pals have created!
I hope Santa will be very generous to Dan and Amaury this year. They've been working hard! 😊
Not sure he could fit a dumper or cherry picker on the sleigh, but it's sure worth a try!
Amaury’s Mother: “So Not Clever”
English/French politeness. While in Oz, all the mum’s are shouting “Get the F* down from there!” Whether it was real time or taped.
😂
Yes! The ex-wildfire fighter first aid attendant in me was yelling at them the way I would have at a fire fighter on the fireline, doing something stupid. We use every curse word under the sun. 😉😆😬
@@VisionaryGardener as a former construction inspector I was having serious issues watching, especially if someone young sees this a normal way to use equipment. I know someone who was lifted in a bucket 5 ft off the ground and fell. He became paralyzed from the neck down. All it takes is one slip.
Something my husband would ( and probably has ) done. It's amazing what they do when they are in the middle of a task, although certainly not wisely for sure!
In the states"...the hell..!???" One word Amaury/Dan: lanyard.
I love how the peacocks are standing around wondering what's happening with THEIR courtyard! 🥰
I just can’t believe Dave would allow keeping the wire on the ball of the roots. That will not allow roots to grow to full potential for strength
A "Cherry Picker" is a must for the chateau not only for roof repairs but also for the removal of the rendering. The cost of renting/buying scaffolding would certainly make it cost efficient. BUT -- you will need a structure to house the equipment so the chateau does not look like a construction yard and to keep the equipment out of the weather. Deciding where to put the structure is another question.
I thought perhaps Santa may bring the Chateau/Dan a cherry picker for Christmas...
They could ask to the farmer next door to house the cherry-picker for a nominal fee?👍
Perhaps back by where Selmar’s workshop is?
So happy you will be getting a cherry picker. I have family members working in the O.R department of hospital and they tell me every year around Christmas, Men are admitted into the hospital from falls while putting up Christmas lights on their houses . Some of the falls leave life altering injuries like paralysis.
A huge shout out to Mother Nature for bringing on the snow at precisely the right moment! That is a glorious scene, Stephanie. The whole La Lande team must take a bow!🇨🇦
Always love all of the changes you make to the chateau. BUT if you are going to the expense, effort and work of changing the facade of the front of the Chateau then the trees will hide the finished result when people are coming up to the front of the Chateau. The trees would look really nice somewhere else. Happy Christmas to all.
your aunt's disapproval was iconic! I think you owe the boys a spa day with all those huge projects going on! really loving all the changes that are taking place, will have to go and watch Chateau DIY to be able to follow what is going on some more !!!
That is something we'd all like to see! I am a massage therapist....😉
@@kellyhawes8901 planning any trips to central France soon? 🤩
@@christellebaroque8694 Don't I wish!!
@@kellyhawes8901 Your the first Hawes I’ve every seen. My maiden name is Hawes! Great Name!
@@lisaglynn3121 😁. My husbands name. He was born in Milldenhall, his parents in US Air Force. But I know his ancestors are from England as well.
I actually love the new courtyard. It has been slow and steady improvement around the sentimental fountain. It adds balance to the weight and glory of the house.
Amaury must never leave the Chateau he is such an asset x
👍 agree
I think he is there for a long time as Steph mentioned him doing the library in the winter salon and he has set up his beautiful workshop so it looks like he has moved in 🥰🥰🥰
@@Jayrose59 🎄🌟💖Merry Christmas Jill🥰 and a healthy, happy New Year!!💕💕
@@mariak9727 Thank you Maria. The same to you my darling. It is already Christmas morning here. 🥰🥰🥰
So interesting to see you planting trees in France. Your soil must be very different. In our part of Canada we always have to remove the wire cages from the trees and spread out the burlap so it will rot out. Otherwise the root structure is weak.
Yes, research is showing more problems than not with trees who don’t have their root balls completely freed of wire, etc. especially after a decade or so when they are very large.
Can I say how much I admire how dedicated Davey is to his work, and how seriously he takes it? Thank you, Davey! Much respect!
Don’t like the idea of blocking the view out of the chateau and fountain, but hope I’m wrong x
Not wrong .... helas
Yes Amoury and Davy are both such calm well balanced people and all ways courteous to everyone 😊🇦🇺
I feel sad for the poor trees not have the wire or fabric taken off , it strangles’ the roots.
But I’m very happy for all that live at the château to enjoy the lovely courtyard.
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
I did too...at first. But Davey is a professional, and would've thought of that, so either they edited that out, OR they used biodegradable materials. They do make a mesh-like material that is biodegradable so I'm hoping for that!
The "packaging" of the tree roots is the right way to transplant grown trees, its a natural burlap, a kind of sisal/agave fiber witch holds the roots together with some of the original soil plus prevent from freezing the roots and will degenerates it self in the coming seasons as the roots grown over it .
They planted them perfectly. Roots will have zero issues growing. Think of all of broken and raised sidewalks you've crossed over. Roots are extremely strong. An old oak damaged our pool after when the roots decided to puncture the concrete lining on summer day. After years of the root growing along the curve of the pool pressure began to build until one day massive cracks appeared and a small section between the cracks fell out.
The thin wire is no match for the roots. Rust will quickly take hold. By the time the roots are bigger than the diameter of the open bits in the wire, the roots will simply break the wire. The burlap will decompose. The roots need the soil they were grown in to stay in place to prevent damage to the vital finer secondary roots.
Cheers!
In the future have a mockup on a computerized fashion of the are and the view change, so you can better decide before all the hard work is done. Your view of who is coming and going will be limited and the vehicles will have far less space to maneuver. I preferred a lower profile in the entrance area.
What a project!! Well done Davy for the exquisite design, well done Stephanie for your daring, well done Dan, Amaury and all others for turning the courtyard into a festive Christmas dream and a feast for the eyes in Spring and years to come!!
Your aunt is a super star! I hope your aunt and uncle will visit more often.
Happy Solstice!
I agree, would love to see them more often. By the way-is her aunt Isabells sister! Who is related to who? Thanks.
@@dianegriffith3006 Yes, Isabelle's sister
Davy, love the design. I hope everything grows and your vision is realized. Bravo to Dan, Amaury, Kirsty and others for working hard in miserable conditions. LaLande is lucky to have you all.
@@ahondrogen9018 absolutely! Great 🎄
As you are rendering the outside of the Chateau next year, I agree with you, a Cherry Picker is on the Christmas list. 🤣❤🌺🌹🍭🍾🥂
love espaliered trees but not in this courtyard theyre too large and will make the chateau look smaller, if they were placd in between the gaps in the windows against the chateau that would make more sense historically
Really lovely, except for the dangerous parts!! The snow couldn't have been better timed if planned by Hollywood. Your duet singing The First Noel at the end was wonderful!
Another magical Advent log, thank you everyone, Stephanie and Philip your voices singing together is the icing on the Christmas Cake! 👏❤️🎄🇫🇷👏❤️🎄🇫🇷👏❤️🎄🇫🇷👏❤️
Breathtakingly beautiful, Stephanie! This entire video was filled with such heartwarming teamwork, laughter and joy. I spy a Christmas album of duets for 2022!
Yes, bring on the duets 😁🎼
PLEASE don't block your father's beautiful fountain. I love espaliered trees, but the fountain is breathtaking and such an elegant and welcoming feature. I might be misunderstanding the plan, but it sounds like the trees would obscure the view of the fountain to guests arriving?
It doesn’t go all the way around and it’s only high up. You can still see the fountain.
@@jourdainjardin846 thanks so much! I also saw Stephanie explain the view in a more recent video, which I really appreciated. So, apologies for my unenlightened comment. I absolutely love Chateau Diaries and am particularly entranced by the beautiful and welcoming approach to the front of the chateau. I trust that the trees will be a lovely addition and I appreciate your reply, Jourdain.
Amaury truly is perfection. Natty is so lucky. The courtyard is stunning. Can't wait to see the Christmas tree outside all made up. It will be a work of art! You have made a beautiful family there, cherie. All of the best sorts of people there together making beautiful things. Henri the Ghost fulfilled his promise to Lalande, starting with you.
Are he and Natty dating? I have often wondered. lol
Or is Amuary the lucky one???
'Natty is so lucky'??? Whaaaat? Are they really? If they are, yes Amaury is the lucky one, smart man for choosing an incredibly amazing woman.
@@Kiwichick138 I just assumed, based on her sitting between his mother and he at dinner. I know absolutely nothing, I'm so sorry. They would be delightful together!
That would be great!!!!
Davey's vision is incredible...we shouldn't be surprised..its his job!!! There's a lot of building he has to balance out and that feature needs to be grand! Bloody brilliant work designer and labourers!
Very pretty with the Christmas lights at this time of year. Not sure about the frame design, takes away the emphasis from the beautiful fountain and the facade of the building. Just my thoughts 🎄🎅🎄
Amaury and the rest of the guy's are just so so humble, helpful and hard working. Bless them 🙏
I truly appreciate every effort on their part to make La Lande beautiful.
The courtyard looks magical ❄️❄️❄️❄️
This explains why Dan and Amaury were so sick there for awhile.
Wonderful! What an vlog. LOVE the courtyard- it adds so much depth and interest AND it makes the fountain shine. How spoiled are we! I’m laughing at all the stick - “ l declare this courtyard open” 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the beautiful carol Stephanie and Philip 🧡🌟🕊
Some Mycorrhizae added to that soil would go amiss, particularly for tree on ground that have been deprived for years
Your brother is a natural for the camera! He is also kind and caring, too.
such a feel good, quintessential christmas video! you just keep topping yourselves. thanks for posting
That’s a fact amp!
Oh my gosh Stephanie, you and Dan and Amaury had me laughing so hard. I love the lime trees they will look so fantastic. However speaking of trees I have a suggestion.
With your acreage and with Nick thinning the forest this would be the perfect time to plant seedlings for future Christmas trees. In you climate where Winter is mild and short, that is compared to Canada, the tress would grow very fast. Once they got to a size to harvest all you would need to do is replace with seedlings the amount of trees you have cut. Micheal Petherick uses a Northern Fir for his Christmas Tree and it looks magnificent. The gardeners would be relieved to know that a Christmas Tree planting takes very little maintenance.
Always something i wanted to do if I had land!
@@twobluestripes I heard recently that Stephanie said she has asked Nick to start the process of planting trees. Perhaps she had the idea and took the initiative well before I suggested it. Thank you for commenting.
A comment you might not like: me thinks those fine trees would have been better placed making a berrygarden, ornamentally planted with those trees cornering it. The trees in the courtyard sort of conceal that lovely fountain and planting around it. Merry Christmas and God bless. (berrys are nice stuff you can make a whole lot of things with them) Also I would ornament the courtyard by "paving" the are close to the wall - area for table and chairs, big flowr pots with ornamental trees etc that sort of thing.
"I declare this garden open!" 🤣
I do worry about Dan he never looks ready for the job ! Trainers Dan !
The singing at the end...its August here in Hawai'i and I'm tearing for Christmas. That was so perfect. I wished I started watching years ago.
Do you know,this has really been a magnificent Advent Calendar, Thankyou and Merry Xmas on Winter Solstice 🌲👏🌲
Nearly wet myself when Stephanie was shovelling the dirt and Dan off camera in the Queen’s voice yells “I declare this garden open”. Too funny! Love these videos. You all truly are a dream team! So entertaining. Thank you!
Love the courtyard .Finally a courtyard befitting such a beautiful chateau .well done everyone for all your hard work ,it truly looks amazing .😊
The courtyard was wonderful as Dan did it...that huge structure and all the lime trees should not be in front...disastrous, but not my place ohcwell to each their own
Stephanie and Philip, you singing together in perfect harmony brought tears to my eyes . My family can’t have Christmas this year, without explaining . So this meant so much to me hearing this
Maybe a good idea to have Davey explain the burlap and “wire” on those particular trees is actually biodegradable so no one will think it’s ok to plant trees with real wire on the root ball. Great vlog! Merry Christmas to you all! ♥️🎄🎅🏻
Not sure if this is sarcasm, but thanks for the alternative explanation.
It is a good idea . Wire are never biodegradable , and plastic can survive longest than the trees The fact they are not responding does not sound very good .
The courtyard is going to look lovely once those trees start leafing out.. I do have a question though... do you not have to remove the wire and burlap from the rootball before planting? If we don't remove them in my area the trees will not root properly into the ground and eventually in a bad windstorm they will topple over.
Should have removed it. Old way thinking it won't harm trees but severely restricts root growth and stability. 😥😥
I was thinking the same thing…. But Davey must know what he’s doing!
@@andreacatzel8259 no he does not ! Obviously !
@@raffaellavitiello1762 I suggest you write an email to Stephanie and express your concerns. Best way forward!
There’d been many comments to this tree planting stint in another video and it seemed the most majority of comments were to please cut the wires. Makes sense to me that this should have been done. Not sure why it hadn’t.
😄 Amaury du château Castle Bergh !!! Que je viens de voir sur sa chaîne TH-cam 😄… je comprends mieux 😄
Deux Amaury… le projet va avancer rapidement !!!!
So lovely to see everyone working together. @chateau Castle Bergh with Amaury and family so deserves some TH-cam support.... 🌲
The question on everybody's lips, "Why is Dan in the digger?" 😆
Oh, I LOVE THE COURTYARD!! Espaliered lime trees will be breathtaking.
We are 6 years in to a 10 year renovation of 2-1/2 acres of gardens, originally installed in 1942. We work with a landscape architect and we know the work and time involved in what you’re trying to accomplish. Merry Christmas, indeed! 🎁
I LOVE your Aunt! So happy you are together for the holidays, can't wait til your mum comes home! Merry Christmas Queen Stephanie!!!
Stephanie, you looked appropriately contrite while being scolded by your aunt. The courtyard is beautiful.
All we need now are Amaury’s dogs to make a complete family. Awesome work, you have such a great team working with you Stephanie…….🎄🎄💐🥰❤️
Did you know Amaury means “work power”? Double Amaury! 😄
Hats off to Dan and Amaury. Wow you two work like the dickens. Dedication at its best! Love the harmony in the carol Philip. You have a beautiful voice.
Oh it looks as if we are going to see Channel 4 programme shown today (21/12) of the Christmas Courtyard. Great fun. Dan to the rescue.
Well, try as I might, I can't find the Courtyard edition of CDIY Christmas. Yesterdays was about wallpaper and panelling... Fascinating but no sign of a Courtyard yet.... 🤷🤷
@@ttbko It was the one shown yesterday, Tuesday
I love, love, LOVE the lime trees. I think the view will be beautiful! I just holding my breath that the wire was removed/cut fully open before they were fully planted, and any plastic twine or rope present was removed. Wire may rust to the point of disintegration in very wet climates, but this area of France has a climate that reminds me more of Northern California, with only some moisture.
Just lovely! Thank you!
I just KNEW you were doing something grand out there...but this is AMAZING BRAVO DAVY for seeing such a vision for Lalande!!! it is going to be GLORIOUS in the spring and all the yrs to come...whose to say WHAT was in the courtyard that may have been torn out for whatever reason long ago! to me it looks like it always should have been something ...Daddy would have cried so he sent snow...gave me chills to watch it unfold. how everyone pitches in to restore and bring back to her full glory.. it warms the spirit!! Happy Holidays to all of you there at the Chateau and to all who might read this 🎅🏼🤶🏼🖖🏼🎄♥🥂
Beautiful!
I'm with the rest, not around the fountain area.
Beautiful 😍!
Stunning reveal. I love it!!!
Lovely! X
Amaury and Dan need a RAISE. They are essential to Lalande!
Great comment
Just wow 🎄🎉
Amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Just beautiful 😍
Simply beautiful! Amaury and Dan, along with Davy and Christie, are quiet the team.
Goosebumps! 😘
So lovely! 💕
Glorious! ❤️😊
Im so happy to see courtyard transformation 💖. Merry Christmas to Lalanders 🎄🎄🎄
Beautiful 😍 well done team 👏
So beautiful. Great job all!
Wonderful!!!
Beautiful.
Love it!
Wow!
Beautiful
Lovely🎄❤️🎄
For what its worth, I cannot imagine the structure with espalier line trees, encircling the fountain and blocking out the middle of the stunning facade of the chateau. As i said, i cannot imagine, when trees are in leaf, how this structure looks blocking everything including the new facade when you remove the shutters. Have u a plan of how it will look, Stephanie please? As a Christmas feature, with lights, it looks colourful. Sorry if I sound like a grinch (bah humbug (grin)). Xx Alex
I wanted to pet the little dog that Nick the tree man was holding. He was a cute little thing.
👌 👏 Looks amazing.
Best one yet x
Beautiful 💞🎄
Magical✨✨✨
beautiful!!❤️
Stunning! Lots of hard work resulting in a magnificent courtyard just in time for Christmas!
Wonderful!❤️
Beautiful!!
Beautiful. X
Beautiful Stefany and everyone who helped, and made, the magic happen!
Davey your vision is stunning brilliant vlog
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL LALANDER"S AND FRIENDS!!!
Ohh the carolling, the snow, the lights …. the vision and the hard work…. It’s so emotional. Well done everyone xx
Just stunning!!! ❤️❤️
BEAUTIFUL! Merry Christmas!