In the mid-17th century, the Parisian landscape painter François Duvillers, one of the most renowned of his time, was given the task of designing the gardens, on an area of 77,700 m2 Committee of the Percale Commission to design the gardens, covering an area of 77,700 m2. nduvillers decided to combine the geometric structure typical of Versailles or Chantilly with a more winding one, Not forewarned of English gardens and planting 158 species, both native and exotic.