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Le Nôtre

British  
/ lə notrə /

noun

  1. André (ɑ̃dre). 1613–1700, French landscape gardener, who created the gardens at Versailles for Louis XIV

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For more than 40 years, beginning in 1661, Le Nôtre labored to create at Versailles the grandest and most imposing royal garden the world had ever seen.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020

But he didn’t have to: The magnificent garden created for him by Le Nôtre proclaimed it more eloquently than he could ever have.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020

Created in 1564 – and later redesigned by André Le Nôtre for Louis XIV – the Tuileries is an iconic example of the “French” garden, that merges nature and culture.

From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2020

Off to the side stood a single yew and a single box corralled on their own island—trees that had weathered the storms and that may actually be seedlings of trees planted by Le Nôtre.

From The New Yorker • May 30, 2015

Next morning, Le Nôtre found the rose-tree quite dead.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

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