Parc de la Gaudinière, Public park in north Nantes, France

Parc de la Gaudinière is a public park in north Nantes featuring landscaped grounds with diverse tree species, ornamental plants, and a small pond fed by the Patouillerie stream. The park includes children's play areas, reading spaces, and numerous paths for walking and exploring.

The park was the private grounds of the Château de la Gaudinière, owned at the end of the 18th century by merchant Louis Chaurrand. In 1857 it passed to banker J. Brousset, and with landscape architect Provost the 8-hectare park was enlarged and embellished, reaching 17 hectares by 1881. In 1918 the Belot banking family restored it with horticulturists the Lizé brothers; the City of Nantes bought most of the estate in 1936, and acquired the château parcel in 1992.

The park holds one of the five Wallace fountains in Nantes, cast-iron drinking fountains linked to the city's public water supply. The green-painted model stands along the paths, and visitors can still draw water from it. Its presence in a former private estate marks the grounds' change into a municipal public garden.

The park lies in north Nantes, at the Pont du Cens on the Orvault boundary. The ground drops sharply between the Cens to the north and the castle to the south, and the Patouillerie stream cuts a deep valley through it, so expect steep paths rather than level walks.

A giant sequoia from North America planted in 1864 near the castle still stands in the park today. This towering tree is one of the oldest of its kind in the region and a remarkable piece of the park's plant history.