Topiary is a universal art form with its roots in antiquity.
through the centuries and has never ceased to reinvent itself to create,
gardens at the frontier of dream and reality.
During this exceptional day, explore the history and secrets of this
in the company of Marqueyssac's gardeners.
PROGRAM
Guided tours
Pruning demonstrations
Botanical advice
Talks with
professionals
of Marqueyssac
Launched in May 2020 on the initiative of Levens Hall
Hall (Great Britain) and the EBTS
(European Association for Topiary Art
and Boxwood), the World Topiary Day
aims to raise the profile of this little-known
this little-known art form, which involves guiding
plants in such a way as to draw shapes
shapes, from the most geometric to the most
fantastic.
If the word "topiary", of Greek origin
originally referred to frescoes depicting
gardens with idyllic compositions,
the Romans used it to designate the person
responsible for maintaining and shaping
the pleasure gardens inspired by these
painted representations. Topiarius was
the hand that bridges the gap between stylized
between stylized plant beauty and its implementation,
mainly through pruning, before defining the
before defining the technique itself, for which boxwood
boxwood lends itself particularly well.
Pushed to extremes in the geometry
of 17th-century French gardens,
which had a profound impact on this art form
topiary underwent a brilliant revival
at the end of the 19th century, when its forms
reinvented itself, in reaction to the corseted
of Louis XIV's time. This is precisely
precisely in this sense that Julien de
Julien de Cerval set about renewing his
Marqueyssac gardens in the
1860s, preferring to shape the hundreds
thousands of boxwood trees he had planted, inspired
inspired by the harmonious curves of the
landscape, creating a genuine dialogue
between domesticated and wild
wilderness.
Today, as witnessed by the fabulous
fabulous adventure of restoration
of Marqueyssac, we can only observe a renewed
a renewed taste for this art form
for this art form of gardening and its creative
expression. From the classic parterres of the
bastion to the Belle Époque arabesques
our reputation, to the resolutely contemporary
to the resolutely contemporary creation of the
Chaos, Marqueyssac is a veritable
conservatory of the history of topiary
of topiary art, to which we are dedicating this
exceptional day.
RENDEZ-VOUS
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Les Jardins de Marqueyssac - 24 220 Vézac - Tel. 05 53 31 36 36 - e-mail : [email protected]
Site : http://www.marqueyssac.com
E-mail : [email protected]
Phone : 05.53.31.36.36