October 2013 – January 2014 design
5769 m2 park area
12159 m2 whole area
80 planned trees in the park
od 2 do 10 m height of  the selected trees
620 mb lenght of the planned hedges
200 planned bushes
3567 ground covers
February 2014 and on implementation

The path leading through a natural oak forest ends in a separate space. It’s filled with light and surrounded by flowering shrubs. Having passed the narrow forest paths we enter an open, sun-lit lawn with a gazebo fringed by plants. At the end of a cypress alley, which runs perpendicularly to the main path, there’s a rounded lawn with a sculpture displayed against shrubs.

You can walk through the cypress alley to the large lawn with the gazebo on the hill.

The lawn is encircled by an alley going round the whole park. Strolling along the alley you can admire a sequence of plant arrangements. The path vanishes below the tree crowns next to the gazebo and leads to a shady corner where the aviary is situated – you can walk into the gazebo through a slightly hidden entrance. From there on the path goes along the Japanese maple trees to the ‘sports’ part of the garden. Having left the sports’ area behind we are led to a small forest full of azaleas and creeping plants. They are shaped to lead through the forest so that the sights are revealed and hidden with each step. This path goes to the end of the main alley.

The public garden in Bordeaux was the first one on my list, next came the picturesque Eyrignac; magnificent Marqueyssac was the last. The public garden in Bordeaux was established in the middle of the 18th century. In the beginning it was a French formal garden, but during the reign of Napoleon III it was transformed into an English landscape garden, which it has remained to the present day. It’s a gem right in the middle of the city centre, a place where you can relax among old buildings, statues and sculptures.

This 18th century garden has been owned by the same family for five generations. This elegant French formal garden stretches between a few buildings. With each step, you are enchanted by the consistency in composition. Funnily enough, the garden has been very much inconsistent throughout the years. Eryignac has changed several times during its long history. At the very beginning it was a classic French formal garden, styled after Versailles; then it was transformed into an English landscape garden, which takes us to the present, when the father of the current owner decided to go back to the roots and the French formal style. Thanks to that, for almost 50 years, new areas, ‘rooms’ if you will, have been opened for the public. They differ in style but are very consistent as far as the color theme goes. It’s a land of green, without any superfluous ornaments.

Full version of the project included design plan showing where the various elements of the simplified model and 3D visualizations showing how the park might look like.