The Potager Garden, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Pomology (Study of Fruits), and the Revolutionary Technology Which Permitted Fantastical Garden Landscape Designs During the 19th Century: The Etymology of “Potager”, the Concept of “Terroir” Soil, the Reason Fruit, Vegetables, and Wine Have Unique Regional Characteristics, the Oldest Modern Day Potager Garden, the Reason the Majority of Château de Villandry (the Chateau of Villandry) Fruits and Vegetables are Wasted, the Fruits From the Château de Villandry Provided to Patrons as Gifts, the Garden Size of the Potager du Roi (King’s Kitchen Garden) Within the Palace of Versailles, the Original Intent of This Garden, the Technological Limitation of Plant and Tree Pruning During the 18th Century, the Technology Which Allowed Gardeners to Prune Plants and Trees With Precision During the 19th Century, the Reason the Secateur (Pruning Sheers) Revolutionized the Art of Pruning, the Period When Gardeners Began to Create Fantastic Shapes and Forms Within Gardens, the Natural Benefit of Stones Within a Garden, the Unique Shopping Habit of the French Public, the French Term for Organic Produce, and the Reason Gardens Were Both Aesthetic and Functional During the Medieval Period (476 A.D. – 1492 A.D.)

The term “potager” (pronounced “pot-ah-jay”) is derived from the French term “potage” (pronounced “pot-ahh-zhe”) which means “soup” and originally referred to the “patch in which ingredients were grown for bowled soup” which was the main staple of most peoples midday meal. Soil is an important aspect in the French wine making process, with the term “terroir” (pronounced “tear-wah”) referring to an “almost mystical combination of soil, climate, and place”. It is terroir which provides each French...


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