Oftentimes the garden image is just a secondary bonus to whatever tourist site the postcard is depicting. What's fun for me is finding something teachable in those images. Does it show a landscape design principle, a garden term, or a certain plant?
The two postcards below are fabulous examples of allées. An allée is a walkway or road lined with trees or tall shrubs. This term originated from a French word that meant alley.
The second postcard's allée is formed by pepper trees. Being from the Midwest I was not familiar with this plant, so I looked into it a little more and found an intriguing story. This beauty has a slightly shaded past. If you'd like to read more please jump over to this article.
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