Parterre

A 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.<a href="/history_theory/garden_books/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/frascati_villas#parterre">Example 1: Frascati villas</a>, <a href="/history_theory/garden_books/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/the_garden_vaux_le_vicomte#parterres">Example 2: The garden of Vaux le Vicomte</a>, <a href="/history_theory/garden_books/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/english_baroque_garden_park_design#parterre">Example 3: English Baroque Garden and Park Design</a>