The selection of wood used to create the magnificent Versailles collection was harvested from the gardens of the Chateau de Versailles. Nearly all of the rare and old specimen trees of the castle were up-rooted during the terrible storm of December 26 1999, most of those trees were imported from around the world to the Chateau de Versailles during the 18th century has part of the 1776 gardens renovation ordered by Louis XVI.                                                                                                                                   

Marie Antoinette's Oak Collection (324 year old)

Planted in the spring of 1679 and cared for by André Le Nôtre (1613-1700) landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France. Marie Antoinette's Oak  fell victim to the same sun it had sheltered royal heads from, dying in the drought that accompanied a heat wave in 2003.