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 FRENCH
GARDENS.                  18th century

                 (JARDIN A LA FRANCAISE)




MAGNIFIQUE
BAROQUE STYLE.
First French Garden.
                Garden
 Creating a setting for the Chat eau

Vaux- l e- Vi c om e and outbuildings out
                  pt
of a wild area of around 100 acres (40
hectares) by LE NÔTRE and LEVAU …….
created for the first and only time in the
seventeenth century, a perfect harmony
between architecture and its
environment(landscaping).
The French garden…
 The French gardens were inspired by
 the “Italian renaissance garden.
 symmetry and geometry are the
 keywords when designing such
 gardens.
 the whole of garden is composed like
 a painting reaching for pure aesthetical
 qualities.
 Like a painting, it is also created to be
 seen as a whole
ADDING
       AESTHETICS…..
 Most French gardens were designed to
 be looked at from specific places, such as
 terraces or balconies.
 The overall impression of the French
 landscaping style is one of harmony, one
 of power of man over nature, where every
 tree and every bush is given a chosen
 location and shape.
Plants and Trees to use in
      French Formal Design
TREES:-

 Trees are planted in straight lines and clipped to keep a
  perfect shape and size. They may be formed into shapes
  to form topiary.
 Trees used in the Gardens of Versaille were:-
  Hornbeam, Beech, Chestnut, Elm and Linden for the
  most part.
 Hornbeam and Beech are easy to prune and shape
  making them particularly good trees for formal gardens.
Plants and Trees to use in
      French Formal Design
HEDGES :-
 The clipped hedges are usually box, lavender, rosemary
 and occasionally santoline. Regular trimming to stop
 them going 'leggy' and 'woody' is important.


VEGETABLES :-
 Many French Chateax have wonderful vegetable
 gardens with the vegetables laid out in patterns and
 parterres in the style of the ornamental formal gardens.
Plants and Trees to use in
     French Formal Design
PLANTS:-
 Bedding plants and bulbs are popular
 choices for parterres with for example,
 parterres filled with bulbs in formal patterns
 for spring flowering and then taken out and
 replaced with bedding plants for the late-
 spring and summer.
KEY FEATURES

 The focus of the garden tends to be the house,
  usually a palace or chateau and paths radiate out of
  this creating long axial views.
 A geometric plan is used and symettry is very
  important.
 A central axis leads away from the house -
  perpendicular to the house.
 Paths tend to be gravel and edged with clipped
  hedges and topiary laid out in symmetrical patterns.
 Statuary is often used in French Garden Design.
  Pavilions and 'follies' are often incorporated too.
KEY FEATURES
 Water is often a key feature of French garden design
  and lots of round pools and long rectangles of water will
  be incorporated, the reflection of the water adding to the
  symmetry and tranquillity of the scene. Fountains and
  cascades are also very common features.

 Close to the house planting is kept low (no trees) and
  tends to consist of parterres. Parterres close to the
  house can be quite intricately patterened and will tend to
  become more simple further from the house.

 Further from the house paths are often edged with trees,
  these are almost almost always manipulated in some
  way (see below). Trees are always planted in straight
  lines adding perspective and reinforcing the symmetry of
  the garden.
NS
                 DE
               AR
              G
        C H
     E N
F   R
DI FFERENT TYPES OF STATUARY
 FORM AND W
      S      ATER BODI ES USED
 N THE DESI GN OF FRENCH GARDENS .
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french gardens.(land scaping)

  • 1.  FRENCH GARDENS. 18th century (JARDIN A LA FRANCAISE) MAGNIFIQUE BAROQUE STYLE.
  • 2. First French Garden. Garden  Creating a setting for the Chat eau  Vaux- l e- Vi c om e and outbuildings out pt of a wild area of around 100 acres (40 hectares) by LE NÔTRE and LEVAU ……. created for the first and only time in the seventeenth century, a perfect harmony between architecture and its environment(landscaping).
  • 3. The French garden…  The French gardens were inspired by the “Italian renaissance garden.  symmetry and geometry are the keywords when designing such gardens.  the whole of garden is composed like a painting reaching for pure aesthetical qualities.  Like a painting, it is also created to be seen as a whole
  • 4. ADDING AESTHETICS…..  Most French gardens were designed to be looked at from specific places, such as terraces or balconies.  The overall impression of the French landscaping style is one of harmony, one of power of man over nature, where every tree and every bush is given a chosen location and shape.
  • 5. Plants and Trees to use in French Formal Design TREES:-  Trees are planted in straight lines and clipped to keep a perfect shape and size. They may be formed into shapes to form topiary.  Trees used in the Gardens of Versaille were:- Hornbeam, Beech, Chestnut, Elm and Linden for the most part.  Hornbeam and Beech are easy to prune and shape making them particularly good trees for formal gardens.
  • 6. Plants and Trees to use in French Formal Design HEDGES :-  The clipped hedges are usually box, lavender, rosemary and occasionally santoline. Regular trimming to stop them going 'leggy' and 'woody' is important. VEGETABLES :-  Many French Chateax have wonderful vegetable gardens with the vegetables laid out in patterns and parterres in the style of the ornamental formal gardens.
  • 7. Plants and Trees to use in French Formal Design PLANTS:-  Bedding plants and bulbs are popular choices for parterres with for example, parterres filled with bulbs in formal patterns for spring flowering and then taken out and replaced with bedding plants for the late- spring and summer.
  • 8. KEY FEATURES  The focus of the garden tends to be the house, usually a palace or chateau and paths radiate out of this creating long axial views.  A geometric plan is used and symettry is very important.  A central axis leads away from the house - perpendicular to the house.  Paths tend to be gravel and edged with clipped hedges and topiary laid out in symmetrical patterns.  Statuary is often used in French Garden Design. Pavilions and 'follies' are often incorporated too.
  • 9. KEY FEATURES  Water is often a key feature of French garden design and lots of round pools and long rectangles of water will be incorporated, the reflection of the water adding to the symmetry and tranquillity of the scene. Fountains and cascades are also very common features.  Close to the house planting is kept low (no trees) and tends to consist of parterres. Parterres close to the house can be quite intricately patterened and will tend to become more simple further from the house.  Further from the house paths are often edged with trees, these are almost almost always manipulated in some way (see below). Trees are always planted in straight lines adding perspective and reinforcing the symmetry of the garden.
  • 10. NS DE AR G C H E N F R
  • 11. DI FFERENT TYPES OF STATUARY FORM AND W S ATER BODI ES USED N THE DESI GN OF FRENCH GARDENS .