The garden (9000m2, 2.2 acre) benefits from a southerly position on a hill, and consists of up to ten terraced levels. The natural way of gardening, with a omnipresent layer of various kinds of mulch, enriches life in the soil and preserves water.  From the vaulted entrance and the pebbled mosaique terraces around the waterlily basin the italianate architecture manifests itself in the central perspective: a citrus tree alley, bordered by intensely blue Plumbago larpentae, leading to a baroque wall, embellished with a fountain and topped with a graceful deep perspective in majestic cypresses. Half way the central alley a pebbled passage divides two blue Agapanthus fields, contrasted by the shimmering of an old silverygreen olive tree. Further up, the famous double hedge of boxwood and pleached olive trees forms a peaceful green rectangle in front of the Orangery, dominating the garden and sheltering fragile plants like Thunbergia grandiflora, Brugmansia, Vitis Voineriana, Ficus elastica, Monstera and cacti. On the side a small basin abundant in waterlilies and Nelumbo, the spectacular tropical Lotus. From the end of the central alley a fine stone staircase leads towards a series of gardens, left and right, of different character and soft colours, echoing the delicate contrast of the innumerable shades of green. The pale yellow garden of Punica and Freylinia; the blue Ceanothus garden; the silvergrey Lavender and Helichrysum garden, the white Buddleia garden, the wild flower meadow and the old rose garden at the top of the garden, with its distant sea view and the blue palm Brahea armata. The Promenade des Hollandais divides another white garden with Photinia, Osteomeles, Exochorda and Dombeya, and the pink garden with fine Hibiscus mutabilis and syriacus, Aesculus parviflora and Hydrangea quercifolia, joining, just after the Jacaranda, Bauhinia and Chorisia,  into the Rondpoint des Perspectives. A little further down a Pergola covered with a cascade of Plumbago and the  meter long racemes of Wisteria Macrobotrys, borders a small arboretum with Arbutus glandulosa, Podocarpus and Quercus glauca. Below in the green garden a double arabesque in boxwood interspersed with Myrtus crowned jars ends in a rectangular fountain, throwing up a slender jet of water; on its side small double steps, covered with Ficus pumila, leading to triangles of more box, interplanted with tree peonies and more orange trees. Wisteria Black Dragon, Clematis, Rosa Banksiae and Bougainvillea compete climbing up tall cypress trees, reaching for the blue sky. The Chèvre d'Or is fascinating, an enchanting place, for inspiration and reflection, a true world of its own