Ina Garten Says It’s 'Good to Be Home' in Her Stunning Hamptons Garden After Attending the Paris Olympics

Mar. 15, 2025

Ina Garten returned from Paris (left) and shared a photo of her garden.Photo:Ina Garten/Instagram

Ina Garten/Instagram

Ina Gartenknows there’s no place like home.

After an eventful time in Paris, theBarefoot Contessastar shared a photo of the gorgeous garden at her East Hampton, N.Y. estate, along with a message of appreciation. “​Paris was wonderful for the Olympics but it’s always good to be home,” she wrote on Instagram on Friday, Aug. 9. “Have a great weekend everyone!"

Garten ended the caption with three heart emojis and hashtags naming all the plants within view:#hydrangea#cleome#verbenabonariensis#roses.

She previouslyshowed offthe garden’s lush greenery in anInstagram videoin 2021, giving a glimpse of where she grows tomatoes and herbs, such as sage, chives, thyme and tarragon.

Ina Garten’s garden at her New York estate.Ina Garten/Instagram

“[There is] lavender and lots of fresh herbs that I use in cooking,” she said.

Before she returned to New York this week, the Food Network star was showingtheTodayshow’s hostsaround Paris, where she and her husbandJeffrery Gartenhave had an apartment for 25 years.

“It’s the city I’m the happiest in,” Ina toldHoda KotbandSavannah Guthrieon July 26. “It’s just wonderful.”

“The thing about the French is, everybody enjoys their life here,” she added.

Ina took Kotb, Guthrie and their cohostsAl RokerandCraig Melvinto Marché Raspail, a food market that has special meaning for her and Jeffrey.

Ina Garten in Paris.Ina Garten/Instagram

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“Fifty years ago, Jeffrey and I went on a four-month camping trip,” she said. “And this market we came to, and I’ve always loved it, and it just kind of opened up a world of food to me that I didn’t know existed.”

“I just wanted to show it to you because it changed my life,” she continued.

Ina also guided the group to her favorite cheese shop, Barthélémy, and Poilâne, a bakery that opened in 1932.

“We need to make ‘Ina in Paris’ a new show,” read the accompanying caption.

source: people.com