French fashion brand Chanel has developed a garden and new laboratory where it will cultivate founder Coco Chanel's favorite white camellia flowers.  

Located in the picturesque hills of the Landes region, the garden will host some 2,000 varieties of flowers, including the iconic camellia. 

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Thousands of flowers are cultivated in the 50,000 square meter garden. The flowers, once picked, are taken to a new laboratory where they are used in a range of cosmetics products. 

The white camellia was the flower chosen by Coco Chanel in 1923 to represent her brand.

Video editing: Riaz Jugon