Ancient decorative panel in carved wood on the art of gardens in europe

Just as there are works of art on botany, there are also handcrafted and detailed creations on the art of gardens: "à la Française" (symmetrical and refined with water features), "à l'Italienne" (which exploits the landscape through horizontal terraced plans with screens of vegetation), or "à l'Anglaise" (which is a rejection of the overly symmetrical French style, advocating a return to a wild and poetic nature) that was adopted as early as the late 18th century, as seen in the park of "la Malmaison, " the retreat and country residence of Empress Joséphine, and reached its peak under Napoleon III, as evidenced by most parks and gardens. This small bucolic masterpiece in carved and hand-painted wood offers us a bustling life: birds, butterflies, dragonflies, in relief; a current lesson in botany for young and old alike in these times of a humble return to nature.