Foreword by Alain Baraton
“Brigitte Dematteis is a landscape designer, but much more than that: she is an artist.”
“The first time I had the pleasure of talking with her, I was immediately reminded of my horticulture teacher, who never tired of telling the class that a good gardener must have the eye of a painter and the soul of a poet.
Listening to Brigitte talk to me about her profession and her projects, there was no doubt that the woman speaking possessed both of these qualities. (…) It is not always easy to explain to the owner what their estate will look like once the work is done.
So she has the brilliant idea of using computer technology to project images of a completed project. (…) De l'Art à l'architecture du jardin sums up perfectly the philosophy of the author, who knows that "creating a garden is an art, and even a living art". (…) I am convinced that any reader who has had the good fortune to meet her will be tempted, as with the Little Prince, to ask her to draw not a sheep, but a garden."
Alain Baraton — head gardener of the Palace of Versailles