The talents of agronomist Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie (1624-1688) took him from Vaux-le-Vicomte to Versailles, working with the greatest gardeners of the era under the Sun King’s reign. He was the real precursor of early fruit and vegetable crops, thanks to the many techniques he developed. The vegetable garden created in 1678 for Louis XIV still exists and was listed as a historic monument in 1921.
