Getty Images has some magnificent photos of the gardening at Chateau de Versailles. They are worthy of a dedicated post. These were just taken yesterday... ah, the wonders of the internet!
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A scafold is raised for an important renovation around the royal chapel of the Chateau de Versailles taken on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Designated a historic monument, the kitchen garden still produces the fruit and vegetables that made Louis XIV's banquets so renowned. Louis XIV commissioned Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie to develop a kitchen garden on the site of a swamp known as 'stinking pond'. Construction lasted from 1678 to 1683 and it had to demonstrate ingenuity to overcome the swampy terrain. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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View of the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles taken on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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Gardeners are at work at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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A gardener is at work at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles taken on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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A picture shows vegetables cultures and compost at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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A gardener is collecting thyme and rosemary aromatic plants at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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View of the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles taken on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Designated a historic monument, the kitchen garden still produces the fruit and vegetables that made Louis XIV's banquets so renowned. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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Views of comestible flowers cultivated at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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A gardener inspect various types of pumpkins at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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Gardeners are at work at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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A gardener is at work in an undergroud office attached to the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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A scabious gourd from the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, is pictured on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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Pumpkins coming from the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, are pictured on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
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Vegetables are displayed for sale in the store of the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: / Getty Images.
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Vegetables are displayed for sale in the store of the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
A scafold is raised for an important renovation around the royal chapel of the Chateau de Versailles taken on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Designated a historic monument, the kitchen garden still produces the fruit and vegetables that made Louis XIV's banquets so renowned. Louis XIV commissioned Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie to develop a kitchen garden on the site of a swamp known as 'stinking pond'. Construction lasted from 1678 to 1683 and it had to demonstrate ingenuity to overcome the swampy terrain. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
View of the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles taken on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
Gardeners are at work at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
A gardener is at work at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles taken on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
A picture shows vegetables cultures and compost at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
A gardener is collecting thyme and rosemary aromatic plants at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
View of the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles taken on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Designated a historic monument, the kitchen garden still produces the fruit and vegetables that made Louis XIV's banquets so renowned. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
Views of comestible flowers cultivated at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
A gardener inspect various types of pumpkins at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
Gardeners are at work at the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
A gardener is at work in an undergroud office attached to the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
A scabious gourd from the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, is pictured on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
Pumpkins coming from the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, are pictured on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.
Vegetables are displayed for sale in the store of the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: / Getty Images.
Vegetables are displayed for sale in the store of the royal kitchen garden of the Chateau de Versailles, on October 20, 2017, in Versailles. Photo credit: AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty Images.