"L'Amateur des Jardins" is a lithograph by French artist Paul Gavarni that exemplifies his satirical approach to depicting bourgeois society during the 19th century. The work captures a gentleman absorbed in his hobby of gardening, rendered with Gavarni's characteristic wit and social commentary through his skilled use of line and tonal gradation in the lithographic medium. As with much of Gavarni's oeuvre, the print gently mocks the pretensions and leisurely pursuits of the urban middle class while displaying his masterful technical command of lithography.