François-Marie Treyve (1847–1906) was a French
landscape gardener
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.
Life
Treyve originated from
Trévoux
Trévoux (; frp, Trevôrs) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Trévoltiens.
It is a suburb of Lyon, built on the steeply sloping left bank of the river Saône.
History
In AD 843, the treaty ...
. He was trained by his father-in-law, Joseph Marie. In the 1880s he was appointed Inspector of Parks and Gardens of
Vichy
Vichy (, ; ; oc, Vichèi, link=no, ) is a city in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais.
It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the capital of ...
. He took over from his father-in-law at
Moulins in 1881 and set up the landscape gardening firm ''Établissements Treyve-Marie'', in which he in turned trained his sons, Joseph and François. He transformed the old park at Vichy and created the ''Parc des Célestins''. He was also the creator of many private parks across the
Auvergne region, including those at:
*
Château de Saint-Hubert at
Chavenon
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Château de Pesteils at
Polminhac
Polminhac () is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Cantal department
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Intercommunalities
Th ...
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Château de Montagne at
Crevant-Laveine
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Château de Fougis at
Thionne
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Château de la Varenne at
La Varenne.
He was summoned to the
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
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court in 1891, from where he received horticultural commissions until 1896. In 1894 he published ''"Un voyage horticole au Caucase"'' ("A Horticultural Journey to the Caucasus").
Treyve was inspired by and indebted to the work of the great landscape gardener of the previous generation, Paul de Lavenne, Comte de Choulot.
References
* Le Comité des Parcs et Jardins d'Auvergne, 2007: ''Les Treyve: Une dynastie bourbonnaise de paysagistes'' (publication accompanying exhibition July–September 2007, Château du Riau,
Villeneuve-sur-Allier)
1847 births
1906 deaths
People from Trévoux
French landscape architects
French gardeners
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