Versailles gardener takes hands-off approach

The garden caretaker at the Palace of Versailles in France is spurring a horticultural revolution in his country, the Washington Post reported. Alain Baraton advocates bio-gardening. He has stopped spraying insecticides on the area’s famed chestnut trees, introduced more native plant species and quit planting rows of identical trees. Baraton’s radio program and books encourage home gardeners to follow the example he’s set on the lavish grounds of Versailles.

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Comments

[Steve Cissel]

Let's see:

Plant all native and use 'organic pesticides'

- or-

Plant improved cultivars and use none.

In my opinion, one's move to becoming more environmentally sensitive is a matter of balance and common sense, not extremism.

steve