Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret, Research botanical garden in Cap d'Antibes, France.
Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret is a botanical garden in Cap d'Antibes housing trees and shrubs from Mediterranean climates around the world. The specimens were planted here for research and conservation purposes, creating a working collection of botanical diversity.
The garden was established in 1857 and became France's first privately funded research center for plant acclimatization. This pioneering work made it an important center for botanical research on the Côte d'Azur.
The garden bears the name of Gustave Thuret, the botanist who cultivated plants from around the world on this site. Visitors today can see how the collection reflects the 19th-century fascination with exotic species.
The garden is located in Cap d'Antibes and can be reached on foot; the pathways are straightforward to navigate. Visitors should be aware that opening hours vary by season, and admission is free of charge.
The institution continuously experiments with new species to study how plants can adapt to the Mediterranean climate. Some of these newly tested specimens are cycads, conifers, and palms that thrive for the first time outside their native habitats.
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