ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə fɹˈɛntʃ hɪstˈoːɹiən fɹˈænswɑː bˈɜːðiɚ, ðə ɡˈɑːɹdənz "ˈaɪləndz" wɜː "kˈɑːɹpɪɾᵻd wɪð wˈaɪt sˈænd" ɪnðə fˈoːɹtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi.
According to French historian François Berthier, the garden's "islands" were "carpeted with white sand" in the fourteenth century.