THE WAY OF THE ALLÉE.

The article offers information on garden allées. Topics discussed include origination of the word allée from French; first solid example of an allée construction is from 17th century by architect André Le Nôtre; and step wise execution of designing an allée in any size of garden including configuration of a path from entry to exit point, plantation of trees close to the garden path and determination of path width as per garden size. INSET: ALLIED WITH ALLÉES: BEST PLANTS FOR THIS DESIGN ELEMENT.