Thursday, March 17, 2011

Andre Le Notre


Andre  was born in paris and his family were gardeners. His birthday is march 12 1613 he died on september 15 1700. Andre Le Notre’s father was named jean Le Notre. Andre grew up while gardening. In 1635 Andre got to be the gardener for the kings brother. In 1640 Andre go married to Francoise Langlois they had three kids none of them survived to adulthood. He also was the royal gardener of france . He died in paris at the age 87. His tomb is in paris where he was born. Andre was a landscape architect. He made the design and construction of the park of the palace of versailles. He worked on the design of gardens and parks. In 1693 Andre Le Notre retired but still gave advice.