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Louis Benech

Formalism Meets Naturalism, with A French Flair

Posted in Adult Education on January 28 2015, by Plant Talk

Water Theater grove at Versailles Louis Benech
The rendering of the new Water Theater grove at Versailles features beeches and holm oaks in the landscape. (By Louis Benech)

Tomorrow we say bonjour to Louis Benech, a renowned French landscape designer and first speaker in our 15th Annual Winter Lecture Series, Le Jardin Français. Benech has carried out some 300 park and garden projects worldwide, including his celebrated reimagining of Louis XIV’s Water Theater grove at Versailles.

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