The
Gardens of Versailles (; ) occupy part of what was once the
Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal
demesne of the
château of Versailles. Situated to the west of the
palace, the gardens cover some 800
hectares of land, much of which is landscaped in the classic
French Garden style perfected here by
André Le Nôtre. Beyond the surrounding belt of woodland, the gardens are bordered by the urban areas of
Versailles to the east and
Le Chesnay to the north-east, by the National
Arboretum de Chèvreloup to the north, the Versailles plain (a protected wildlife preserve) to the west, and by the Satory Forest to the south.