
Alain Baraton, born 10 September 1957 in
La Celle-Saint-Cloud
La Celle-Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is a western outer suburb of Paris, from its centre, on the departmental border with Hauts-de-Seine. In 2021, it had a popula ...
, is a master gardener. Since 1982, he has been gardener-in-chief of the park at the
Palace of Versailles
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de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
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.
He speaks regularly on radio ''France Inter
France Inter () is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France.
It is the successor to Paris Inter, later known as France I, and created as a merger of the France I and France II networks, first as RTF Inter in October 1963, then ren ...
'' and is the producer of the show ''La main verte'', also broadcast on ''France Inter''.
Publications
* ''Le Monde des écorces'', photographies de Christophe Madamour, Rodez, Éd. du Rouergue, 2003
* ''Le Monde des arbres d'ornement'', photographies de Christophe Madamour, Rodez, Éd. du Rouergue, 2005
* ''Sagesse paysanne: 366 proverbes et dictons au rythme des saisons'', photographies de Pierre Collombert, with Pierre Collombert, Romagnat, Éd. de Borée, 2005
* ''1000 questions, 1000 réponses'', Rodez, Éd. du Rouergue, 2006
* ''L'homme à la main verte: mes chroniques à France Inter'', with Snezana Gerbault, Rodez, Éd. du Rouergue, 2006
* ''Le Jardinier de Versailles'', Paris, B. Grasset, 2006
* ''Le Jardin de Versailles vu par Alain Baraton'', Paris, Hugo image, 2007
* ''La Véritable Histoire des jardins de Versailles'', with Jean-Pierre Coffe
Jean-Pierre Coffe (; 24 March 1938 – 29 March 2016) was a French radio and television presenter, food critic, and author.
Early life and education
Jean-Pierre Coffe spent a major part of his childhood in the town where he was born, Lunévi ...
, Paris, Plon, 2007
* ''Savoir tout faire du bon jardinier'', photographies de Vincent Motte, Paris, Flammarion, 2008
* ''L'Amour à Versailles'', with Laure de Chantal, Paris, B. Grasset, 2009
* ''Les Parterres de Le Nôtre'', Paris, N. Chaudun, Fondation pour le Domaine de Chantilly, 2009
* ''Je plante, donc je suis'', Paris, Grasset, 2010
* ''Walks in the Gardens of Versailles'', Editions Artlys, 2010 ()
* ''Vice et Versailles – Crimes, trahisons et autres empoisonnements au palais du Roi-Soleil'', Paris, B. Grasset, 2011
* ''Dictionnaire amoureux des jardins'', Paris, Plon, 2012 ()
* ''La Haine de l'arbre n'est pas une fatalité'', Arles, Actes Sud, 2013 ()
* ''L'Amour au jardin'', Paris, B. Grasset, 2014
References
Other projects
External links
« Rencontre avec Alain Baraton, le jardinier de Versailles »
par Fred-Éric Vignale et Sophie Petit, ''Le Mague'', 19 juin 2006
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1957 births
Living people
People from Yvelines
French gardeners