From the Renaissance gardens of Villandry to the Alpine Garden in Chamonix, this selection presents French garden design. The collection includes historical city parks, botanical gardens and greenhouses with international flora.
Nantes, France
This botanical garden spans 7 hectares and features over 10,000 plant species, greenhouses for exotic species, and a collection of medicinal plants.
Nice, France
The garden contains 2500 plant species and hosts animal exhibits including iguanas, crocodiles, and tropical birds in a large greenhouse structure.
L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
This garden includes 3,300 rose varieties arranged by historical periods, displaying the evolution of roses from ancient to modern cultivars.
Le Lavandou, France
The garden presents Mediterranean plant collections across 20 acres of coastal terrain, with sections dedicated to Australian, Chilean, and Californian flora.
Paris, France
The 846-hectare urban forest contains French gardens, two horse racing tracks, restaurants and an amusement park with water features.
Bordeaux, France
The municipal park features a playground, sports field, pond and an arboretum with trees from different continents.
Lyon, France
The 117-hectare park contains a lake, a rose arboretum with 30000 roses, a zoo and four greenhouses.
Rennes, France
A ten-hectare park with French and English gardens, a rosary containing 2000 varieties and a greenhouse.
Paris, France
Four connected glass structures housing a collection of 6000 plants from tropical regions, including palm trees, orchids and ferns.
Angers, France
This 8-hectare botanical garden contains 4000 types of trees and shrubs, with a notable collection of magnolias and hydrangeas.
Monaco
Garden built on a steep coastal slope containing cacti and succulent plants from Mexico, Central America, South Africa and Arabian regions.
Salignac-Eyvigues, France
Seven gardens featuring green sculptures made of boxwood, hornbeam and yew trees, surrounded by French-style vegetable gardens and flower meadows.
Maisonnais, France
The garden presents medieval garden architecture with symmetric shapes, vegetable beds and herb borders following historical models.
Vézac, France
The garden sits on a limestone cliff overlooking the Dordogne valley. 150000 boxwoods form geometric patterns.
Île-de-France, France
This tree collection contains 500 different species on 13.5 hectares of land, including large cedars and rare maple trees.
Paris, France
The park covers 28 hectares with tulip fields, dahlia gardens, a butterfly garden and an outdoor concert hall.
Paris, France
This public park contains French and English gardens with fountains, sculptures and a large pond for model sailboats.
Villandry, France
The geometric gardens display vegetable beds in decorative patterns, water pools with fountains and formal flower beds from the 16th century.
Paris, France
An English garden with classical columns, a Roman colonnade, an Egyptian pyramid and a large pond with bridge.
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
The garden contains over 1200 rose varieties, a Chinese pagoda garden, waterfalls and a small 18th-century palace.
Paris, France
The museum features an inner and outer garden with bronze and marble sculptures by the artist among roses and linden trees.
Montpellier, France
The oldest botanical garden in France, established in 1593, contains over 2680 plant species including historical specimens and medicinal plants.
Vendeuvre, France
The garden contains water features, shaped boxwood and yew trees in geometric patterns, and a garden with carnivorous plants.
Chamonix, France
At 2000 meters elevation, more than 2500 mountain plant species from global mountain ranges grow in their natural environment.
Amboise, France
The garden displays replicas of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions in a Renaissance setting with geometric flowerbeds and water features.
Paris, France
The garden between Louvre and Place de la Concorde contains French garden art with statues, water basins and art galleries.
Yvoire, France
The garden contains herbs, flowers and plants in medieval design that stimulate all senses through scent, texture and color.