Paris, famous the world over for monuments and museums, is also home to exceptional parks and gardens whose secrets Alain Baraton shares here.

This unique book tells the story of Paris' many gardens. Versailles' official gardener Alain Baraton is our enlightening guide on a series of tours of squares, parks, gardens, past rosebushes and down leafy lanes. Strolling through these pages, we learn about historical events, curious botanical details, and unlikely anecdotes from the life of the city.
From the best-known gardens —Luxembourg, Monceau— to the overlooked—sometimes miniature, hidden, magical, funerary, or even feminist— Baraton introduces us an incredible, little-known world.