Jean David Bouché

Jean David Bouché (also Carl Paul Bouché ; * 1747 in Berlin ; † 1819 ibid) was a German gardener and an important figure in Berlin's horticulture.

Life

Jean David Bouché comes from an old Huguenot family who had lived in Berlin since 1685 and became known as the Bouché gardening family . His father Pierre Bouché (1703–1784) renewed fruit and vegetable cultivation in Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg . In 1781 Bouché took over his father's business. In the same year he married Henriette Marie Töpfer. With her he had two sons: Peter Friedrich Bouché and Peter Carl Bouché , who continued his work. Carl David Bouché , who later headed the Botanical Garden in Berlin, was his grandson.

Like his father, Bouché also made a name for himself with various innovations, including his larger than normal greenhouses. In these greenhouses the king often took his coffee alone or with an entourage.

High state officials followed the king and so the Bouchés greenhouses became a social meeting place all year round. Bouché introduced the bulb culture in Berlin and thus became an important personality in Berlin horticulture. Bouché was the first to bring the hydrangea onto the German market.

Jean David Bouché died in Berlin in 1819 at the age of 72.

literature

• Theodor Echtermeyer : Memorandum on the 100th anniversary of the Härtnerlehranstalt Berlin-Dahlem, formerly a wildlife park . Frankfurt (Oder): Trowitzsch & Sohn, 1924.
• Wilhelm Schalt:  Bouché, Jean David. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 491 ( digitized version ).