Jardin des plantes d'Orléans
Jardin des plantes d'Orléans, Botanical garden in Orléans, France
The 3.5-hectare garden features French-style layouts, tropical greenhouses, a palm grove, shrub beds, and multiple thematic gardens throughout its grounds.
The garden originated in 1640 as a medical plant collection by the Apothecaries Society, relocating to its current location in 1834 for rare plant acclimatization.
The garden displays a colorful shrub bed inspired by Michel-Eugene Chevreul's color contrast studies, which influenced 19th-century Impressionist painters.
The garden opens from 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM between April and September, with reduced hours during winter months and free admission year-round.
Four notable trees over 150 years old grow in the garden: an Araucaria araucana, a Ginkgo biloba, a Liriodendron tulipifera, and a Sequoia sempervirens.
Location: Orléans
GPS coordinates: 47.89080,1.89694
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:50
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