Jardin des plantes d'Amiens, Botanical garden in Amiens, France.
The Jardin des Plantes stretches across 9,800 square meters with regular patterns of boxwood-bordered flowerbeds containing 1,800 different plant species.
Louis XV granted the land to the Academy of Sciences in 1751, establishing a botanical garden where Dom Robbe initiated public botany classes in 1754.
The garden maintains collections of food plants, medicinal herbs, regional crops for food industry, and plants used for biofuel production and decontamination.
The garden welcomes visitors from April through September between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, and from October through March between 8:00 AM and 5:30 PM.
Since 2011, the garden includes a rose collection while continuing its 60-year tradition of producing plants for decorating Amiens city streets.
Location: Amiens
Opening Hours: Monday-Friday 09:00-17:30; Saturday 09:00-11:30; Sunday off
Website: https://amiens.fr/Vivre-a-Amiens/Environnement/Jardin-des-plantes
GPS coordinates: 49.90170,2.29644
Latest update: November 21, 2025 04:04
Amiens combines an architectural and natural heritage that reflects its rich historical past. The Notre-Dame Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France, stands in the city center at 145 meters long with medieval sculptures from the 13th century. The Museum of Picardie, the first French building designed specifically as a museum, houses art and archaeology collections spanning several centuries of regional history. The Hortillonnages constitute one of Amiens' natural treasures: this network of 300 hectares of canals and floating gardens, cultivated since the Middle Ages, offers boat trips amid preserved nature. Jules Verne's House allows visitors to explore the writer's universe in his 19th-century private mansion, where he authored about thirty novels. These sites, complemented by places like the Jules Verne Circus from 1889 and the modern Tour Perret, Europe's first reinforced concrete skyscraper, demonstrate the continuous development of the city and its adaptation to different eras.
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