Jardin botanique de la Bastide, Botanical garden in La Bastide district, Bordeaux, France.
The Jardin Botanique de la Bastide is a botanical garden in the La Bastide district featuring sections for aquatic plants, cultivation fields, and greenhouses displaying regional species. The spaces showcase both wild and cultivated plants managed according to ecological practices.
The garden was established as an expansion of Bordeaux's botanical collection and complements an older botanical garden on the opposite riverbank. This division of the collection expanded botanical research across the city.
The garden serves local schools and universities that study and maintain regional plant species in its plots. Visitors experience how traditional crops and native plants are woven into daily teaching and research.
The outdoor areas are easier to explore during seasons when opening hours extend later in the day. Visitor comfort improves in warmer months when the garden displays more fully and activities are scheduled more frequently.
The garden grows old grain varieties like wheat, oats, flax, and millet that are rarely seen today. These nearly forgotten crops show visitors how the region's farming and food once looked.
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