Kitchen garden in old days By Mr Allah Dad Khan Agriculture Consultant KPK Pakistan In Training of Kitchen Gardening

2. Kitchen Gardening
in Old Days
A Training Presentation
By
Mr. Allah Dad Khan
Agriculture Consultant KPK
Province Pakistan

3. Photo: French-Gardens (Photo Benh Lieu Song and subject to copyright)
Photo: about.com ©2007 Mr. Gourmand. Some rights
reserved under the Creative Commons License.Photo: jardinez.com
•Founded in
1626, planted
in 1635
•Opened to
the public in
1640
• One of the
most famous
botanical
gardens
located along
the River
Siene in Paris
Historical Gardens - Jardin Des Plantes

4. Historical Gardens - Jardin Des Plantes
• Planted as a medicinal garden by Guy de la
Brosse (Louis XIII’s physician)
• Originally known as Jardin deu Roi or Garden
of the King
Photo: Wikipedia
Guy de la Brosse
Photo: Wikipedia
King Louis XIII
• It is now one of seven departments of the
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

5. Historical Gardens - Jardin Des Tuileries
Photo: Kieth Pancione
Photo: Kieth Pancione
Photo: Kieth PancionePhoto: Kieth Pancione
• Building began
1564, using architect
Philibert de l'Orme.
• Catherine de
Medici planned this
palace after the
death of her
husband Henry II Of
France.

6. Historical Gardens - Jardin Des Tuileries
Photo: Kieth Pancione
Photo: Kieth Pancione
Photo: Kieth Pancione
Photo: Kieth Pancione
Photo: Kieth Pancione
•Louis XIV’s gardener
André Le Notre laid out
parterres (formal
garden construction)
for the Tuileries in
1664

7. Historical Gardens – Gardens of Versailles
Photo: TrekEarth Copyright: Alfredo Wang
•Located on Paradise Island
•Royalty Gardens in the 17th
Century were formal and symmetrical in design.
• This formal structured style of gardening is known as jardin a la francaise.
• Three important aspects of french formal gardening were aviaries, menageries
and hydraulics (fountains).

8. Historical Gardens – Gardens of Versailles
• In the Garden of Versailles
all the status of Apollo (The
Sun God) represent Louis XIV
who was known as the Sun
King.
•The Fountain of Apollo
(right) created by Jean-
Baptiste Tubi
Versailles Gardens Sculpture and Mythology 1985The Fountain of ApolloPhoto: Wikipedia

9. • A country house (maison de campagne) Located in
lower Normandy
• Originally built between 1750 – 1752 for Alexandre
Le Forestier, ‘seigneur ’ (lord) of Vendeuvre
• Architect: Jacques-François Blondel
• Contains the first miniature furniture collection in the
world
Photo: Musee & Jardins Du Chateau De Vendeuvre
Historical Gardens - Chateau De Vendeuvre
Photo: Visit Normandy
Musee & Jardins Du
Chateau De Vendeuvre
Alexandre Le
Forestier

10. Photo: Musee & Jardins Du Chateau De Vendeuvre
Photo: Musee & Jardins Du Chateau De Vendeuvre
• Gardens created by the present Count
of Vendeuvre
• Restored to the original plans from
1813
• Symmetrically designed to create a
sense of balance to the eye
Historical Gardens - Chateau De Vendeuvre

11. NOTRE-DAME Square 2008
Photo: Kieth Pancione
Photo: Kieth Pancione
Photo: Kieth Pancione

12. Historical Gardens – Arboretum de
balaine
• The oldest ‘private’ botanical garden, started in 1804 as an English
garden
• Located in Villeneuve-Sur Allier
• Classified a historical monument in 1993
Photo: Arboretum Balaine

13. Historical Gardens – Arboretum de balaine
• The park remains in the same family since 1804 (currently 7th generation).
Photo: Arboretum Balaine
Photo: Arboretum Balaine

14. Historical Gardens – Garden at Giverny
• Created by Claude Monet in
1883
• His own personal garden
located in Giverny, France
• His style was not the
traditional ‘garden a la
française’ style. It was not
structured or formal
• He grouped things by color
and let his garden take on a
life of it’s own.
Photo: Giverny France
Photo: Giverny France

15. Historical Gardens – Garden at Giverny
Photo: Giverny France
Photo: Giverny France
Photo: Giverny France
• Claude Monet lived in Giverny
for 43 years

16. Avenue de la Grande 2008 Photo: Kieth Pancione
Modern Times – Facts
• Farming is extremely important
in France
•France is the 2nd
largest
agricultural producer in the world
2nd
to the United States
• They are the only country in
Europe to be completely self-
sufficient in basic food production
• A major crop grown is grapes
• Agricultural exports to the
United States amounted to $2.3
billion in 2008, half of it being
wine and spirits

17. • The most famous wine
producing regions are Alsace,
Bordeaux, Burgundy,
Champagne, Loire and Rhone
•The most productive farms are
located in Northern France
where they produce a lot of
grain
• A main crop of Western
France is apples
• Central to Southern France
produces corn, fruit,
vegetables and wine.
Modern Times – Facts

18. Modern Times – Techniques
• Due to France being a small country, many backyard gardens are small; they’ve
had to learn to do a lot with a small plot of land. They use a technique called
French Intensive gardening
• Grid like gardens
• Plants are very
close together
• Very rich, loose soil
is used so plants
don’t need to spread
far to get nutrients
Photo: Sarah Law

19. Modern Times – Techniques
Photo: Sarah Law
How to plant a garden using French Intensive Gardening
1. Layout the size/shape of your garden (The diagram garden is 4x8)
2.Dig square 1 about a foot and a half deep, placing the dirt in square D
3.Fill square 1 with about 1-4 inches of manure, Turn the manure into the subsoil
4.Do the same process on square 2 and place the top soil from square 2 onto square 1
5.Continue and when on the last square, top it with the soil from square D
In doing this process you will find that the beds have become raised and many people
tend to build walls around the bed creating a raised bed.
Photo: Choosing Natural Health

20. Modern Times – Techniques
• Many gardeners use cloches
(french for bell) to extend their
gardening season
• They protect against cold,
harmful insects like aphids
and windy conditions
•Many cloches use to have a
glass ball on top, but they
found that it was acting as a
magnifying glass and burning
their plants
•It’s not determined if the idea
of cloches came from Italy,
Britain or France.
Photo: Copyright 2006 The Kitchen Garden Company