Achille Duchêne (1866 - 1947)


Famously dubbed a “Napoleon of the Garden” Achille Duchêne brought the art of the traditional French garden to an international clientele. The restoration of the historic gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte and Champs, were among his finest early works. These were completed alongside his father Henri, who was also a noted landscape architect. Achille Duchêne’s most famous original creations are the Water Parterres at Blenheim Palace completed in 1931 and his 1914 original designs for Carolands. If completed, Carolands would have been the largest garden of his career.