André Parmentier
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André Joseph Ghislain Parmentier, also known as Andrew Parmentier (Enghien (Belgium) 3 July 1780 – Brooklyn 27 November 1830) is the first American landscape architect.[citation needed]
He maried Sylvie Parmentier (1793-1882) on 3 May 1813 at Tubize, Belgium.
After some bad business adventures in Belgium, and with some help of his brothers, André Parmentier moved to the United States in 1821. He lived in Brooklyn, where he was active in horticulture with a lot of success. One of his creations is a garden of 120.000 m².
In 1828 het published his "Periodical catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees and shrubs, green-house plants, etc.. Cultivated and for sale at The Horticultural and Botanic Garden of Brooklyn, corner of the Jamaica and Flatbush roads, about 2 miles from the city of New-York" With, a.o., a plan and description of the garden.
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