On any fashionable street in Paris you can catch a glimpse of greenery through iron filigree gates. Here's a closer look at nine of the private garden courtyards and apartment terraces hidden behind Beaux Arts facades:
Above: Tucked behind a building on the Rue de Verneuil in the 7th arrondissement is a private courtyard garden with a small shade tree and potted topiaries. Photograph via A+B Kasha.
Above: Available to rent, a two-bedroom Left Bank apartment two blocks from the Seine overlooks a private courtyard garden. For more information, see Trip Advisor.
Above: In central Paris, a former printing factory is home to garden designer Jacques Leseur and his secret courtyard garden. For more, see Steal This Look: An Industrial Chic Courtyard.
Above: Discovered behind a 19th century building in St. Germain des Pres, a small freestanding house has a courtyard garden and entryway flanked by twin boxwood balls. Photograph via A+B Kasha.
Above: Not far from the Eiffel Tower, a fashion industry insider's loft has a sunny terrace garden on the other side of the original metal factory windows. Photograph via One Fine Stay.
Above: Ceramicist Cécile Deladier mounts zinc windows boxes and mirrors on the facade of her house. For more of her garden, see In the Garden and Atelier with Cécile Deladier in Paris.
Above: On the top two floors of a 19th century building in the 6th arrondissement, two bedrooms on the lower level share a secret courtyard garden of potted topiaries and palms. Photograph via A+B Kasha.
Above: Available for rent, a studio apartment in the Latin Quarter is in a stone building behind a wooden door that opens into a courtyard garden. For more information, see VRBO.
Above: In Montmartre, an apartment on rue d'Orsel has a small courtyard garden. Photograph via Perfectly Paris.
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