Jardin des plantes d'Orléans, Botanical garden in Orléans, France
Jardin des plantes d'Orléans is a 3.5-hectare botanical garden featuring French-style layouts, tropical greenhouses, and a palm grove. The grounds contain multiple thematic gardens and shrub beds that organize the space into distinct sections.
The garden began in 1640 as a collection of medicinal plants maintained by the Apothecaries Society. It moved to its current location in 1834 to serve as a center for rare plant acclimatization.
The garden displays a colorful shrub bed inspired by Michel-Eugène Chevreul's color contrast research that influenced 19th-century painters. Visitors can see this scientific approach to color directly reflected in the planted beds throughout the space.
The garden is open from 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM between April and September, with shorter hours during winter months. Admission is free throughout the year.
Four notable trees over 150 years old grow in the garden: an Araucaria araucana, a Ginkgo biloba, a Liriodendron tulipifera, and a Sequoia sempervirens. These ancient specimens offer a rare glimpse into the longevity of these species.
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