One long view
The gardens at Nemours are patterned after those around the Petit Trianon at Versailles. Their central axis extends about a third of a mile from the mansion, beside the main avenue, so that the house and gardens read as one composition.
Pools, a maze and a colonnade
Along the way are the Boxwood Garden with its faun fountain, the Maze Garden with the statue Achievement by Henri Crenier, a Reflecting Pool of about an acre with 157 jets, and the Colonnade of 1926, designed by Thomas Hastings as a memorial to Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and Eleuthère Irénée du Pont.
Further from the house
Beyond the Colonnade, the Sunken Gardens were designed by Alfred Victor du Pont, the owner’s son, with Gabriel Masséna. In the woodland, the classical Temple of Love shelters a statue of Diana by Jean-Antoine Houdon, dated 1780.



