Life

Treyve originated from Trévoux

Trévoux

Trévoux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.It is a suburb of Lyon.-History:The town was the capital of the Dombes principality, and famed for its dictionary...

. He was trained by his father-in-law, Joseph Marie. In the 1880s he was appointed Inspector of Parks and Gardens of Vichy

Vichy

Vichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It belongs to the historic province of Bourbonnais.It is known as a spa and resort town and was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town's inhabitants...

. He took over from his father-in-law at Moulins in 1881 and set up the landscape gardening firm Établissements Treyve-Marie, in which he in turned trained his sons, Joseph and François. He transformed the old park at Vichy and created the Parc des Célestins. He was also the creator of many private parks across the Auvergne region

Auvergne (région)

Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not...

, including those at:

• Château de Saint-Hubert
  Château de Saint-Hubert (Chavenon)
  The Château de Saint-Hubert, otherwise the Manoir de Saint-Hubert, is a château in Chavenon in the Allier départment in the Auvergne Region of France.-History:...
  
   at Chavenon
  Chavenon
  Chavenon is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.-History:The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone, the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.-Population:-Government:...
  
  
• Château de Pesteils at Polminhac
  Polminhac
  Polminhac is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.-Population:-References:*...
  
  
• Château de Montagne at Crevant-Laveine
  Crevant-Laveine
  Crevant-Laveine is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...
  
  
• Château de Fougis at Thionne
  Thionne
  Thionne is a commune in the Allier department in central France.-Population:...
  
  
• Château de la Varenne at La Varenne
  La Varenne
  La Varenne may refer to:* La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire, a small town in the suburbs of Paris, part of the commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, in France...
  
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He was summoned to the Russian court in 1891, from where he received horticultural commissions until 1896. In 1894 he published "Un voyage horticole au Caucase" ("A Horticultural Journey to the Caucasus").

Treyve was inspired by and indebted to the work of the great landscape gardener of the previous generation, Paul de Lavenne, Comte de Choulot.