Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse, Botanical garden in Dijon, France
The Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse is a botanical garden in Dijon displaying about 4,000 plant species organized by theme and purpose. It sits within a larger park setting and includes collections of medicinal plants, food plants, vines, and specimens from around the world.
This location was once a training ground for arquebusier guilds in the 16th century before becoming a botanical garden. The plant collection started in 1833 when specimens from an earlier city botanical garden were moved here.
The garden is organized around what plants mean to people, showing which ones feed us, heal us, or help us work. You can see how different cultures and times have chosen particular plants to grow and rely on.
The garden is open daily and free to enter from dawn until dusk, so you can visit at your own pace. Paths lead through all sections, and you can spend as much or as little time as you want in each area.
The garden grows over 70 different vine varieties and maintains an archive of about 100,000 dried plant specimens. This collection serves as a reference record of plant diversity over time and supports the scientific work of the garden.
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