A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Former DG Agriculture Extension KPK , Provincial Project Director CMP II MINFAl Islamabad and Visiting Professor the University of Agriculture Peshawar Pakistan

2. Kitchen Garden Culture
A
Series of Lectures
By
Mr. Allah Dad Khan
Former DG Agriculture Extension KPK ,
Provincial Project Director CMP II
MINFAl Islamabad and Visiting
Professor the University of Agriculture
Peshawar Pakistan
La Glacerie
Chateau de Vendeuvre

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

21. Fini
Photo: Kieth Pancione
bois de vincennes
• Vacances Vertes les Belles
(Below) is an organic teaching
garden located in Limousin,
France. You can spend time their
strolling miles of farmland, learning
how to grow organic vegetables
and eating healthy organic food
throughout your stay.
Photos: Vacances Vertes les Belles