Jardin Musée de Limeuil, Botanical garden and museum in Limeuil, France
The Jardin Musée de Limeuil is a three-hectare botanical garden in Limeuil, Dordogne, with sections tracing ethnobotany from prehistoric France through the Neolithic, pre-Roman Gaul, the Gallo-Roman period, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to present-day crops. Its collections include 90 old fruit varieties, 414 crop plants and their wild relatives, 50 tomato cultivars and a herbarium of 10,000 specimens.
The garden was created in the 19th century by Doctor Linares. In 2004 the Au Fil du Temps association and the town of Limeuil restored it and opened it to the public. It is a private property of 3 hectares in the commune of Limeuil, in the Dordogne department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
The garden's sections trace ethnobotany through time, from prehistoric France and the Neolithic to Gaul, the Gallo-Roman era, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, ending with present-day crops. Its collections include 90 old fruit varieties, 414 crop plants and their wild relatives, and 50 tomato cultivars, alongside a herbarium of 10,000 specimens.
The garden covers 3 hectares in the commune of Limeuil, Dordogne, and is privately owned. It is open daily and an entrance fee is charged. Its herbarium code, registered with Botanic Gardens Conservation International, is LIME.
The garden holds a herbarium of 10,000 specimens and a collection of 50 tomato cultivars alongside two wild tomato species, part of a wider group of 414 crop plants and their wild relatives. Its BGCI identification code is LIME.
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