Parc de la Maourine, Urban park in Borderouge district, Toulouse, France.
Parc de la Maourine covers 14 hectares in the Borderouge district of Toulouse. A water body crosses the grounds, bordered by three gardens: a garrigue with Mediterranean plants and limestone rocks, a riverbank with a pebble beach, willows, alders, gunneras and daylilies, and a flowering marsh with irises, sedges and water lilies. A wooden footbridge with dark railings and a low arch crosses the water between a reed-lined bank and a paved path.
The park was created in the early 2000s as part of the Borderouge neighborhood development on former market gardening lands. Its establishment transformed an agricultural area into public green space for residents.
The museum garden displays food plants from around the world that visitors encounter while walking through the grounds. This living collection shows how different cultures have cultivated plants for nourishment across regions.
The park has several entrances: on chemin de Lanusse at the corner of avenue Maurice-Bourgès-Maunoury and opposite chemin Pujibet, along avenue Maurice-Bourgès-Maunoury, on place Jeanne-Émilie-de-Villeneuve, rue de l'Allier, rue Édouard-Pailleron and impasse René-Cabau. A wooden footbridge with dark railings crosses the water between a reed-lined bank and a paved path.
The grounds contain a Chilean Jubaea palm tree that is more than 150 years old and protected due to its rarity. This ancient tree stands as a memorable feature that reveals the botanical diversity found within the park.
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