The visitor on the terrace, having contemplated the extent of the perspective, can stroll towards the west wing of the house. Here, at the exit of the house's grand gallery, is an exedra where the low stone walls and the clipped yew create a charming 'green salon'. In spring, as in summer, this space is furnished with dozens of pots of red flowers. In spring a symphony of tulips; in summer annuals and perennials, all in harmonies of red. Behind this area is a venerable dovecot of the 16th century. A beautiful collection of iris planted at its base shares the space with yew columns topped with topiary birds. Further on, our visitor is in a 'boschetto', an evocation of an Italian garden created with cypress and parasol pines. Here, one can view the lower part of the garden around the canal and the river. It is here that the formal part of the garden gives way to wilder nature - the woods, the meadows and a fascinating collection of willow, on the banks of the river, which are pollarded in the style typical of the area. Long rustic hedges of hawthorn disappear into the distance. The wild area where the visitor can continue his visit follows the meandering of the river Smagne which can be crossed by a charming Chinese-style wooden bridge