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		Louise Franklin Castanet Having graduated with First Class Honours in French Literature from the University of London, Louise settled in France. She is an experienced instructor, teaching English and French to students of all levels. She has many contacts in the wine world, including connections to the finest establishments. She's recently published Bananas in Bordeaux, a hilarious account of life in France. After Louise Franklin Castanet's French husband resigns from his hated job as a photocopier salesman, the couple leave their Bordeaux flat and take on a riverside rented farm with their new baby and a growing menagerie of animals. The English born young mother keeps a daily diary of their adventures and the sub-title, "Self-sufficiency for Dreamers", says it all. This witty and moving book is the ideal antidote to the metropolitan chick-lit genre of "Bridget Jones's Diary". It has 306 pages with illustrations by the author. Buy it Now on Amazon.co.uk!
	Colin and Carol Franklin are overseeing the redesign and restoration of the Moulin de Fontbouillant. Based in America, they are founding partners of Andropogon Associates, a firm that has pioneered ecological planning and design. Colin Franklin, RLA, RA, RIBA, AIA, ASLA Landscape Architect & Architect Colin has extensive experience in virtually all aspects of architecture, landscape architecture, and ecological planning in the United States, the Middle East, and Europe. From the beginning of his career, Colin has been involved the design of large-scale community development projects and has special expertise in addressing long-term sustainability in very different bio-regions — from hot, arid climates to cold, wet ones. As an architect, and later as a landscape architect and planner, he was part of the team that designed the new capital of West Pakistan in Islamabad. The plans addressed virtually every aspect of the city's development, including schools, low-cost housing, and community centers. For the government of Sri Lanka, he developed an Environmental Management Strategy for the city of Colombo, which became the basis of the new master plan for the city. In the last four years, he has worked in Abu Dhabi, Jordan, Finland, and Puerto Rico, among many other locales. Colin is a registered architect and landscape architect, and is an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Carol Franklin, MLA, RLA, FASLA Landscape Architect Carol's major interest has been in institution building through the master planning process. She has worked with a wide range of public- and private-sector organizations including campuses, historic houses, and arboreta. Recently completed projects include the master plan for Frank Lloyd Wright's house for Edgar Kaufmann, Sr. at Fallingwater; Russel Wright's house at Manitoga in Garrison, New York; the Dallas Arboretum, in Dallas, Texas; and the Atlanta Botanical Garden in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been a pioneer of sustainable landscape design and landscaping with native plant communities and habitats. Her solutions link institutions to worldwide concerns for the conservation of biodiversity. She is currently co-writing a book about the Wissahickon Stream Valley in Philadelphia's largest public park — Fairmount Park. Carol and co-author David Contosta, a leading social and architectural historian, discuss the 300-year history of destruction, preservation and restoration of this 1,800-acre urban wilderness. Carol has been an adjunct professor in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Fine Arts Department of Landscape Architecture for 30 years. She is presently teaching a course in the Department of Historic Preservation. Carol is a registered landscape architect and a fellow of the American Association of Landscape Architects.