Jardins des Martels, Botanical garden in Giroussens, France
The Jardins des Martels extends across 3.5 hectares of land, featuring more than 2500 plant varieties from five continents and numerous water features throughout the grounds.
Marie-Thérèse and André Reynier established the garden on their farm during the late 1960s, transforming it from private grounds to a public attraction in 1994.
The garden incorporates both English landscape design principles and Asian elements, displayed through its themed sections including pink, blue, and Mediterranean plant collections.
The garden operates daily from May through August, with reduced hours in April and September, offering guided tours and maintaining a garden center for plant purchases.
The gardens house France's largest collection of Ceanothus, containing 55 different species, alongside 150 rose varieties and 120 iris species.
Location: Giroussens
Website: http://jardinsdesmartels.com
GPS coordinates: 43.74960,1.78634
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:46
These botanical gardens in France contain rare plant species, historic grounds and Mediterranean landscapes. Collections include the Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil in Paris with its 19th century greenhouses, the Parc Oriental de Maulévrier featuring Japanese garden design and the Jardin Botanique de la Villa Thuret in Antibes with Mediterranean and exotic plants. The Domaine du Rayol presents plants from climate zones around the Mediterranean Sea. The gardens represent different styles and periods. The Campo Santo in Orléans displays medieval monastery gardens while the Jardins de Marqueyssac in Vézac are known for their sculpted boxwood hedges. The Arboretum de Balaine ranks among France's oldest private arboretums. From the Jardins Suspendus de Marqueyssac in the Dordogne to the Parc Phœnix in Nice, these locations offer views into botanical collections and historic garden artistry.
France has several dozen botanical gardens combining scientific research and plant conservation. The greenhouses of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris host over 4,500 species in climate-controlled zones, while the Lyon Botanical Garden cultivates around 15,000 plants divided between historic greenhouses and thematic sections. Universities such as Strasbourg maintain scientific collections over 2.5 hectares with greenhouses dating from 1881, and the Nantes Botanic Garden conserves 11,000 species, including 50 protected French varieties. These facilities document four centuries of botanical study and serve both education and research. Coastal gardens utilize temperate maritime conditions to display unusual plants. The Roscoff Exotic Garden gathers 3,500 species from the Southern Hemisphere on a rocky promontory, cultivating Australian and New Zealand plants adapted to Brittany’s climate. On the French Riviera, the Èze Garden showcases Mediterranean and succulent collections at 1,407 feet above sea level, while the Saint-Jean-de-Luz Coastal Botanical Garden focuses on Atlantic coastal species. The Grandes Bruyères Arboretum near Orléans encompasses 15,000 trees and shrubs from Europe, Asia, and North America across 34 acres, organizing plantings according to their geographic origins.
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