Parterre - In a garden, a level space, usually adjacent to the main house, laid out in low, formal beds of flowers as at the Grand Trianon, Versailles. In a theatre, that part of the auditorium on the ground floor lying behind the orchestra.
parterre
In landscape gardening, a formal area of planting, usually square or rectangular.
parting strip ...
Parterre
- formal garden laid out on a flat terrace, usually at the front of a house so that it is overlooked by the principle rooms on the first floor (parterre = on the ground).
parterreA Parterre (From the French par=on + terre=ground). A level space, usually rectangular and on a terrace near a house, laid out in decorative pattern using plants and gravels.
Exterior view #1 of Grande parterre
Exterior view #2 of Grande parterre
Exterior view of Cour de la Fontaine
Exterior view of Jardin de Diane
Exterior view #1 of Jardin Anglais
Exterior view #2 of Jardin Anglais
Exterior view #1 of Henri IV wing ...
The French formal garden or parterre is also a signature feature of the French Chateaux. Here we see a box hedged fountain. Similar to those found at Versailles, leading to a symmetrical lawned flowerbed and two more box hedged gardens.
Toronto ...
ParterreLevel space in a garden laid out with low, formal beds of plants.Passing bracesLong straight braces in a timber roof, passing across other members of the truss.
parterre a flower garden with beds and paths designed to form a pattern, the outdoor and botanical equivalent to an indoor Persian carpet; literally "on the ground" in French.
 See also: House, Classical, Medieval, Ornament, Ground
  
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