{"id":35,"date":"2017-03-14T10:17:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T09:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/un-siecle-dhistoire\/dhier-a-aujourdhui\/gilles-clement\/"},"modified":"2018-04-30T15:32:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:32:41","slug":"gilles-clement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/a-century-of-history\/from-yesterday-to-today\/gilles-clement\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilles Cl\u00e9ment"},"content":{"rendered":"

G<\/del>illes Cl\u00e9ment, the gardener, botanist and landscape designer, has developed a new approach to the art of garden design. A careful and tireless observer of the natural environment the world over, he designs gardens which reflect the dynamics and biological diversity of plants and their perpetual evolution in space and in time.<\/p>\n

A garden is for living in<\/h2>\n

He rejects the concept of a garden as a sort of museum where nature should be kept under control and plants are just a series of exhibits. He believes gardens should be spaces for living in, where discoveries are made and where a sense of wonder prevails; they serve as a bridge between two worlds, that of humans and that of plants.<\/p>\n

By embracing the Earth in all its fragile self-reliance, Gilles Cl\u00e9ment is calling for greater awareness before we interfere, asking us to look first before we act and to work with, rather than against, nature. (\u2026) The gardener is surrounded by the whole wealth of the natural world as it evolves in all its great diversity, and is able to see the interconnectedness of all living things. (\u2026) It is possible to live taking only what we need, to consume without damage to the environment, to cultivate the soil without depleting natural resources and to live without destroying our planet.
\nGilles Cl\u00e9ment, Le Jardin Plan\u00e9taire (The Global Garden)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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