 The fourth issue off series "Gardens" magazine "Conaissance des Arts' plight on the occasion of the 2007 edition of the national campaign" Go to the gardens. " He suggested on the occasion of the fifth edition of visiting gardens such as Herbarium the field of Neighbors in Saint-Ay (Loiret), the park of the chateau of AmbleVille * (Val d'Oise), gardens Marquises - Belvedere * of the Dordogne in Saint-Cyprian (Dordogne), the gardens of the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild * at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Alpes-Maritimes), the gardens of the priory Notre-Dame d'Orsan * Maisonnais (Cher), the National de Saint-Cloud * (Hauts-de-Seine), Castle Gardens at the Ballue * Bazouges-la-Perugia (Ille-et-Vilaine) or the Tuileries gardens and the Carrousel * (Paris) to discover new plantings of yellow parterre, stressing Gallery national du Jeu de Puma, thanks to the patronage of the group LVMH. According to the principle of the off-series "Gardens", before moving on to substantive articles, a tour of the news is compiled with a summary of the events hostesses as the International Festival of Gardens Chaumont-sur-Loire (Loir - et-Cher) open until October 14, 2007 on the theme "Mobile! Gardens for a Changing World ", the 4th edition of the festival in the Gardens" barter "to Bitche (Moseley) until September 2007 across the city and in the garden for Peace in Batch (Moselle), or the Biennale Contemporary Art Melle (Deux-Sevres) until September 2, in which Gilles Clement. The news also concerns the upcoming exhibition "Bruce Davidson, the nature of Paris" to be held from June 13 to September 2, 2007 at the Maison de la photographic (Paris). As for "Roses" to Bagatelle, it is an exhibition organized at the Parc de Bagatelle * (Paris) until September 30, 2007. One point follows on the sponsorship gardens underway with Gaz de France to the area of Versailles and Trianon (Yvelines) for the establishment of a programme of accessibility to the disabled. HSBC and VMF were awarded their prizes this year 2007 in the garden of a medieval castle in Criminal Estrée Blanche (Pas-de-Calais). As for Credit Agricole, it is a patron for the animal park and botanical Branere in The Guerno (Morbihan), in particular for the development of its African plain. The lounges are also reported events as the 25th anniversary of "Days plants Courson (Essonne), the 4th edition of" Gardens, "garden of the Tuileries garden (Paris) from 1 to 3 June 2007 and the various" Journées de la rose "as the park of the Abbey of Chaalis * Fontaine Chaalis (Oise) from 9 to 10 June 2007, the gardens of the priory of Saint-Cosme * La Riche (Indre-et-Loire) of 9 at June 10, 2007 or Doué-la-Fontaine (Maine-et-Loire) from 12 to 16 July 2007. Lovers of books gardens will welcome the award of Pierre-Joseph Redoubts under the "Weekend gardeners" taking place from 2 to 3 June 2007 at the castle park of Lude * (Sather).
The traditional portfolio in the series "Gardens" presents some planks extracted from the Book "published by Chinoseries" Memory and Knowledge due to artists Bernd H. Dams and Andrew Zega. These exceptional watercolors are based on research, and thus allow better imagine the look of buildings formerly constituting the sets of Training at Versailles (Yvelines), the park of insanity St. James in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de - Seine), the garden of Castle Menars to Wednesday (Loir-et-Cher) or Bagatelle (Paris).
A section is devoted to the garden at Cactus Guatiza on the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain) designed by the painter, sculptor and architect Cesar Manrique (1919-1992). This from 1966 embarks on the ecological protection of the island. This effort was rewarded in 1993 by Unesco, which declared the island a biosphere reserve. He created this garden atypical in an old volcanic career. On an island where the fig Barbary has become endemic, the choice of the artist seems obvious to create one of the most beautiful gardens of cactus in the world. At the same time conservatory and artistic work, it consists of rare species from the Canary Islands, Madagascar, America, Canada and Patagonia. In this amphitheater carved into the rock creations dedicated to the island and especially the cactus is a particular scene, making this garden a unique site in the world.
Jean-Louis Elder is the curator of the castle of Amboise. He has just published "Gardens in Touraine", illustrated by photographs of Jean-Baptiste Leroux, book also presented on the same website. In an article, he talks about the importance of heritage gardens Tours (Indre-et-Loire). This story takes place throughout history with medieval gardens behind the dungeon of Loches, even if it has nothing to history. This rapid timeline hortésienne through sites in the park and gardens of châteauroyald'Amboise, park area of Richelieu *, gardens Valmer * Chançay, gardens of Chenonceau * Bléré whose parterres were restored in the nineteenth century , the site of the pagoda * Chanteloup in Amboise and park Villandry Castle * Performed-les-Tours. This history ends with Amboise where the garden of the Orient created in 2005 owes much to the work of the artist Algerian Rachid Koraïchi who imagined 25 steles in honor of the continued and the family of the Emir Abd El Kader , under house arrest in Amboise. Throughout this history, the curator of this area recalls the importance of a book as "The most excellent bastiments de France" of the Hoop Androuet (circa 1756) and hydraulic engineering for the art of gardens in particular in Touraine.
The following article is devoted to the rose garden to Largentere of Berty (Ardencies), a haven of peace Eleanor Cruse, famous for its roses and his writings on this flower. She arrived in Paris in the late 1970's and has been able to create a rose garden incomparable at the bottom of a valley outside the city and time. This article incites to discover, but there is no substitute for an on-site visit to soak in the charm and fragrance of the garden open to the public for one month each year, and order roses in the nursery whose reputation is more to prove. Other exceptional site, the garden of the villa in Vignanello Ruspoli (Italy) is honored. He was wanted, conceived and created around 1610 by Ottavia Orsini, daughter of the creator of Sacro Bosco of the Villa Orsini at Bomarzo (Italy). It is to discover for its lovely terrace with massive embroideries like a green carpet without taking place flowers at the foot of the palace, a former castle. Spain is also a country of gardens. A visit to Cordoba says it all, especially during the first half of May, when Patios Festival. At this point patios typical urban planning cordouan, open their doors to all, whether private or public. Then the opportunity to discover the patios of the palace of Viana, the patio des Orangers or gardens of the Alcazar Monarchs Christians.
A final section is dedicated to orchids, on the occasion of the exhibition "Orchids of Madagascar, ambassadors of biodiversity", taking place until August 26, 2007 at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (Paris).
True to the news, this number indicates the recent initiatives and creations as the construction of the esplanade of Claude Huriez hospital in Lille (North) by the Japanese artist Katsuhito Nishikawa, inaugurated in December 2007. Other new features are presented as the garden of Two Rivers at Yerres (Essonne), the site of the park Batignolles (Paris), the recent kindergarten Eole (Paris) inaugurated on May 12, 2007, draft of a new greenhouse for the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Llanarthne entrusted John Belle and the amazing new Garden of Surprises in the garden house in Stamford Burghley (England)
Apart from these presentations gardens, portraits contained in the summary of this off-set, starting with that of Russell Page (1906-1985), one of the greatest landscape painters, known for his sense of design and control structures, proportions and perspectives. This passion for the art of gardens, formed studied art in London and Paris, among bungalow in the world of garden with the purchase of a jar of campanule at the age of 14 and at his meeting with André de Vilmorin. He worked from 1935 to 1939 in association with Geoffrey Jellicoe. He made a decisive meeting with Stephane Boudin, enabling it to create all the gardens of the houses entrusted to the decorator. Russell Page is especially designed the gardens of the castle of Green-Wood Bondues (North), Garden of La Mortella Ischia (Italy) and the sculpture garden of the company PepsiCo in Purchase (USA), now managed by the 'landscape architect Belgian François Goffinet. This portrait encouraged to look back into the reading of "Education of a Gardener" (La Maison rustic, 1999). Another portrait is that of Patrick de Sèze, nursery specialist hydrangeas. His nursery Hortensias "High-Bois' is a partner of our association.
As usual all the articles in this series are off whenever complemented by a notebook inviting them to discover places and exhibitions, and a small bibliography directly related to the subject of the article. This off-time series is still a wealth of information showing love gardens, living places, carried by "Conaissance des Arts, with support from the patronage of Gas de France.
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