Favorite of Edouard André (politician and French collector of the Second Empire, whose private mansion is today the Museum Jacquemart-Andre in Paris), he is very quickly promoted Director of Parks and Promenades of Buenos Aires by the authorities of the city.
His creations then translate the spirit "Belle Epoque" into vogue in Paris. he settles down quickly to what will remain without any doubt, his two major works: the Botanical Garden and the Park of Palermo.
The direction of the perspectives, the omnipresence of artificial lakes and islands in the middle of the gardens he composes, the dissymmetry of the plantations, singularly reminds of the Bois de Boulogne, de Vincennes or the Park of Buttes-Chaumont in Paris. Only the species of trees differ.
He will leave his impress in most of the large towns of Argentina:- In Buenos Aires the "parques" Centenario, Patricios, Barrancas de Belgrano, the places Constitución, Congreso et Mayo
- In Cordoba, the "Parque" Sarmiento,
- In San Miguel de Tucuman, the "parque" 9 de Julio,
- In Santa Fé, the "Parque" Juan de Garay,
- In Mendoza, the "Parque" San Martin,...
Some Argentinian dignitaries will call upon his talent for the plannings of the gardens of their private residences. It is the case of President Roca for the park of his Estancia "La Paz" in Ascochinga (Pcia de Cordoba).
Jean Charles Thays become Carlos Thays dies out in 1934 in his adopted town : Buenos Aires.
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