who was the landscape architect in charge of the grounds at versailles
Landscape architect AndrÃ© Le NÃ´tre [ leh NOHT] was in charge of the grounds at Versailles. He believed in the formal garden, and his methodical, geometrical design has come to be known as the French garden. The grounds were laid out around a main axis, emphasized by the giant cross- shaped Grand Canal, which stretched to the west of the palace Pathways radiated from this central.