Le jardinage en France

1. Le jardinage en France Thème Culturel 4 Justin / Mona / Timothée / Vicky

2. Cultivating plants (aesthetic needs > real food need) Farming ($$$/MECH) Gardening (Hobby/HAND) Popular vacation time: août Hobby for families esp. those in small towns and outskirts of cities Qu'est-ce que c’est, le "jardinage"? • Paris & HK - mainly apartments • Smaller towns - houses possibly with a garden

3. Le jardin paysager • Also called “jardin anglo-chinois" • influnced by Britain & China • Rousseau - "Nobility of Nature" • started to replace “les jardins à la française” by 19th Century • Inspired by romantic paintings • very different from "artificial" French formal gardens

4. Le jardin à la française Expensive + influence -> French Landscape Garden • Influence from Northern Italy • Classicism (17th-18th Century) • "Perfection"; "Majestic" • Major characteristic: Symmetry • Le Jardin de Versailles!!!

5. Le jardin à la française • Versailles! • created by André Le Nôtre for Louis XIV • 800 hectares of land west of the Palace of Versailles • major expansion of Louis XIV's château during 1664 and 1668

6. Elements of Versailles • Grotte de Thétys • Parterre d'Eau • Bassin de Latone • Bassin d'Apollon • Grand Canal • Pièce d’Eau des Suisses

7. Les caractéristiques du jardin • Using perspective and optics • Man over nature • Plants are in the shape of squares, ovals, circles or scrolls Chateau d'Azay le Feron

8. Les caractéristiques • Regular and geometric order • Pattern of carpet • Polychrome effect Le Château de Versailles Formal French Garden at Villandry Castle of Gruyères, Switzerland

9. La décoration du jardin • Basins of water • Pieces of sculptures Botanical Garden in Curitiba (Brazil)

10. La décoration • Eg. In 1664, • Louis XIV-a six-day festival • cavalcades • comedies • ballets • fireworks • Gardens of Versailles • basins of water • fountains • statues of the infancy of the gods (destroyed between 1770 and1780)

11. Le Jardin de Campagne Character: natural and lush, accented with gracious curves and flowing patterns. Resembles the beauty of the French countryside with the unkempt, but stunning, display of free growing plants. Provides a functional and useful outdoor living area.

12. Le Jardin de Campagne Vegetable and herb gardens are common elements, as well as fruit and nut bearing trees, but secluded sitting areas and romantic blooms are equally important aspects of this design. Fragrant, country rose bushes, climbing vines full of color and fragrance, and grapevines reminiscent of French country vineyards are often included.

13. Le Potager French herbs can be planted and cultivated in a French style potager garden, popular beginning in the Middle Ages. The plants chosen for the garden were picked not only for their uses, but for their aesthetic beauty. Instead of using green basil, a purple variety would also be introduced. All plants were placed in geometric beds to create beauty and often they were separated by color or shape. In the Renaissance, borders were placed around the beds and ornamentation, such as fountains or urns, were added.

14. Le vocabulaire • Le Jardin; Le Jardinage | Garden; Gardening • Le Jardin à la française | French Garden • Paysager (adj) | Landscaped • Le Château | Castle • La Campagne | Countryside • Le Potager | Vegetable Garden