The studio journal

A landscape artist's notebook.

Seasonal advice, Mediterranean inspirations, behind the scenes of projects in progress, press and books. The notebook where I share what nourishes my eye.

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Jardin d'exception — Arrière-pays grassois
Coulisses de projets

From hand drawings to the worksite

The story of a garden, from the first visit to the last pebble.

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Brigitte Dematteis assise sur un muret de restanque, dans un jardin planté
Vidéos

The importance of emotion in the garden

What makes a garden moving: emotion, the driving force behind all creation.

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Brigitte Dematteis devant un jardin ouvert sur les collines
Vidéos

The codes of luxury

Overturning the codes of luxury: an exceptional garden is not an ostentatious one.

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Brigitte Dematteis sous un vieil olivier, dans un jardin méditerranéen
Vidéos

Beneath the olive trees

A stroll through an olive grove, to the song of the cicadas.

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Brigitte Dematteis assise dans un jardin, en interview
Vidéos · 9 March 2026

Simplicity, synonymous with elegance

Why the simplest gestures are often the hardest to find.

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Conseils jardin · 16 July 2025

Caring for Teucrium fruticans: advice from a landscape designer in Grasse – Brigitte Dematteis

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Comment aménager les abords de ma piscine ? Les conseils
Conseils jardin · 7 July 2025

How to design the surroundings of my pool? Advice and tips

Surfacing, poolside deck, plants to favour or avoid: a landscape designer's ground rules.

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Brigitte Dematteis en plateau sur Cannes Lérins TV, pour le podcast Débat Immo
Vidéos · 30 June 2025

Podcast 🎙️ Débat Immo: the beauty of outdoor spaces

A conversation about what makes an outdoor space beautiful, and about the landscape designer's eye.

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Petits Jardin-Brigitte Demateis
Livres · 1 November 2016

Brigitte Dematteis on small gardens

Where the “simple” demands having first faced the “very complicated”.

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Interview salon du Livre de Mouans Sartoux
Conseils jardin · 1 October 2015

Salon du Livre de Mouans-Sartoux

At the Mouans-Sartoux Book Fair, Brigitte Dematteis shares her world, her passion for Mediterranean gardens and her perspective as an author and landscape architect.

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Interview pour Azur TV
Vidéos · 1 October 2015

From the garden to writing | Azur TV

For what reasons did Brigitte Dematteis move from garden design to writing a book? Discover it in this interview made for Azur TV in Nice.

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Presse & interviews · 1 May 2015

Avenir Côte d'Azur article

She says it is from drawing, her first passion, that she draws both her inspiration and her technique. There is no question of copying what has already been done. Green-fingered and with a velvet touch, this landscape architect turns green spaces into a vast canvas for creation.

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Presse & interviews · 1 May 2015

Brigitte Dematteis in Extérieurs Design

Under the guidance of landscape architect Brigitte Dematteis, a 7000 m2 garden tells the story of the Provençal land in a way that is as authentic as it is contemporary…

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Presse & interviews · 1 March 2015

La Gazette de Monaco

An article on Brigitte Dematteis in La Gazette de Monaco I have always been passionate about the distinctive character of the Riviera's spaces, which I have known since childhood. This ‘local at heart’ draws her influences from the small village of Cabris,

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De l'art à l'Architecture du jardin-Brigitte Demateis
Livres · 1 March 2015

From Art to Garden Architecture

With a foreword by Alain Baraton, head gardener of the Palace of Versailles.

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Diaologue avec des Jardins Méditerranéens-Brigitte Demateis
Livres · 1 June 2013

Dialogue avec des jardins méditerranéens

The publisher's note and the philosophy of a book that unfolds like a stroll through the gardens of the South of France.

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