FRENCH GARDEN

INTRODUCTION
THE FRENCH GARDEN, ALSO
CALLED JARDIN LA FRANAISE,
IS A STYLE OF GARDEN BASED ON
SYMMETRY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF
IMPOSING ORDER OVER NATURE. IT
REACHED ITS APOGEE IN THE 17TH
CENTURY WITH THE CREATION OF
THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES,
DESIGNED FOR LOUIS XIV BY THE
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
ANDR LE NTRE
THE FRENCH GARDEN STYLE IS
NATURAL AND LUSH, ACCENTED
WITH GRACIOUS CURVES AND
FLOWING GEOMETRICPATTERNS.

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CHARACTERISTIC

PLANTING BEDS, OR
PARTERRES, CREATED IN
GEOMETRIC SHAPES, AND
LAID OUT SYMMETRICAL
PATTERN.

INERIOR LANDSCAPE
DIFFERENT
PATTERN AND CURLY.

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THE USE OF FOUNTAINS ,

SCULPTORS , STREET
FURNITURE AND
CASCADES TO ANIMATE
THE GARDEN .

STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS TO

UNITE DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF THE GARDEN. THE
GARDENS WERE DESIGNED
TO REPRESENT HARMONY
AND ORDER, THE IDEALS
OF THE RENAISSANCE,
AND TO RECALL THE
VIRTUES

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ELEMENTS &
MATERIALS
* ORNAMENTAL FLOWERS &
PLANTS WERE RELATIVELY
RARE IN FRENCH GARDENS
IN THE 17TH CENTURY,
AND THERE WAS A LIMITED
RANGE OF COLORS; BLUE,
PINK, WHITE AND MAUVE.

BRIGHTER COLORS
(YELLOW, RED, ORANGE).
WATER, TREES SCULPTORS
& DIFFERENT TYPE OF
STONES

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PRINCIPAL OF
FRENCH GARDEN

THE PLANTING WAS ALWAYS

PUSHED BACK FROM THE
BUILDING MAKING IT STAND
FROM FLAT PARTERRES OR
WATER IMPLYING THE
DOMINANCE OF THE
RESIDENT OVER ALL HE
SURVEYED
THE ITALIAN AXIAL PLAN WAS
USED WITH A VAST CLEARING
AS THE MAIN AXIS DEFINED
BY TREES WITH SYMMETRY.
THE MAIN CROSS AXES WERE
ALWAYS AT RIGHT ANGLES.

* BETWEEN THE AXES DIAGONALS

AND CLEARINGS AND JEUX
DESPRIT MAY BE DEVELOPED.
LONG REFLECTING CANALS
WERE DESIGNED.
FOUNTAINS IN ALL VARIETIES
AND SHAPE AS POSSIBLE WITH
TECHNOLOGY WERE USED.

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GLOSSARY

PARTERRE. A PLANTING BED,

USUALLY SQUARE OR
RECTANGULAR, CONTAINING AN
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN MADE
WITH LOW CLOSELY CLIPPED
HEDGES, COLORED GRAVEL, AND
SOMETIMES FLOWERS.
PARTERRES WERE USUALLY LAID
OUT IN GEOMETRIC PATTERNS,
DIVIDED BY GRAVEL PATHS. THEY
WERE INTENDED SEEN FROM
ABOVE FROM A HOUSE OR
TERRACE. A PARTERRE DE GAZON
WAS MADE OF TURF WITH A
PATTERN CUT OUT AND FILLED
WITH GRAVEL.

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BRODERIE (ENG: EMBROIDERY) A

VERY CURLING DECORATIVE
PATTERN WITHIN A PARTERRE,
CREATED WITH TRIMMED YEW OR
BOX OR MADE BY CUTTING THE
PATTERN OUT OF A LAWN AND
FILLING IT WITH COLORED
GRAVEL
BOSQUET. A SMALL GROUP OF
TREES, USUALLY SOME DISTANCE
FROM THE HOUSE, DESIGNED AS
AN ORNAMENTAL BACKDROP.
ALLE. A STRAIGHT PATH, OFTEN
LINED WITH TREES
TOPIARY. TREES OR BUSHES
TRIMMED INTO ORNAMENTAL
SHAPES. IN FRENCH GARDENS,
THEY WERE USUALLY TRIMMED
INTO GEOMETRIC SHAPES.

PATTE D'OIE. (ENG:

GOOSE FOOT). THREE OR
FIVE PATHS OR ALLES
WHICH SPREAD OUTWARD
FROM A SINGLE POINT.

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IMPORTANT
GARDEN
VAUX-LE-VICOMTE

THE FIRST IMPORTANT

GARDEN LA FRANAISE
WAS THE CHATEAU OF
VAUX-LE-VICOMTE,
CREATED BY
NICOLAS FOUQUET, THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF
FINANCES TO LOUIS XIV,
BEGINNING IN 1656.

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GARDENS OF
VERSAILLES

THE GARDENS OF
VERSAILLES, CREATED BY
ANDRE LE NOTRE
BETWEEN 1662 AND 1700,
WERE THE GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE
GARDEN LA FRANCAISE.
THEY WERE THE LARGEST
GARDENS IN EUROPE WITH AN AREA OF 15000
HECTARES, AND WERE
LAID OUT ON AN EASTWEST AXIS .

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FEATURES OF
FRENCH GARDEN

IT MAY BE CONSIDERED AS
AESTHETIC EXPRESSIONS
OF BEAUTY THROUGH ART
AND NATURE, A DISPLAY
OF TASTE OR STYLE IN
CIVILIZED LIFE, AN
EXPRESSION OF AN
INDIVIDUAL'S OR
CULTURE'S PHILOSOPHY,
AND SOMETIMES AS A
DISPLAY OF PRIVATE
STATUS OR
NATIONAL PRIDEIN
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC

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PRESENTED BY
- SITARAM
- BADRINATH
- RAJ LALIT

- VASHIM