Gilles Clément

{{Short description|French gardener, garden designer, botanist, entomologist and writer}}

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Gilles Clément ({{IPA|fr|ʒil klemɑ̃}}; born at Argenton-sur-Creuse, Indre, France in 1943), is a French gardener, garden designer, botanist, entomologist and writer. He is the author of several concepts in the framework of landscaping of the end of the twentieth century or the beginning of the twenty-first century, including in particular, 'moving garden' (jardin en mouvement), 'planetary garden' (jardin planétaire) and 'third landscape' (tiers paysage).{{cite book |last=Clément |first=Gilles |date=2015 |title=The Planetary Garden and Other Writings |publisher= University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0812247121}}

He has gained attention for his design of public parks in France, such as Parc André-Citroën.{{cite news|publisher=Grand Design|title=Groundbreaker: Gilles Clément |author=Louisa Jones|url=http://www.gardendesign.com/article/groundbreaker-gilles-clement|accessdate=8 January 2011|date=17 February 2010}} In 1998, he was the recipient of France's National Landscape Prize.{{cite web

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Since 1977 he has developed his own "moving garden" (le jardin en mouvement) at La Vallée, Creuse.

Clément designed the exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in 2006.{{Cite web|last=Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)|date=|title=Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow, Gilles Clément/Philippe Rahm|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/2750/environment-approaches-for-tomorrow|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-18|website=www.cca.qc.ca|language=en}}