Public garden of Fougères, Urban park in Fougères, France.

The Public Garden of Fougères is an urban park that spans multiple levels connected by pathways and landscaped areas. It links the river's lower bank with the hillside above, creating a varied terrain for visitors to explore.

The garden grew from a promenade planted with elms in 1772 on the leveled spur of the Porte Saint-Léonard, cleared from 1766. It became a public garden in 1865 under Louis Gérard's plans, with the horticultural society founded in 1860. A kiosk followed in 1889, and Jean-Marie Laloy redesigned the joined site in 1924.

The garden's main gate on rue Porte Saint-Léonard is a granite and wrought-iron portal bearing the town's coat of arms, echoed by a flowerbed on the northern mound shaped as the same arms. The garden also holds a white marble statue called L'Âge d'or and a kiosk added in 1889.

There are four entrances: the main gate on rue Porte Saint-Léonard, decorated with the town's coat of arms; the gate between the Saint-Léonard church and the town hall on place de l'Hôtel-de-ville; and two on rue des Vallées, one climbing through the fougerarium, the other reaching Place Leroux. The slope is continuous, so allow time for the climb.

The garden's fern collection gave its name to the fougerarium, the sloping section climbed from the rue des Vallées entrance. Fougères itself means "ferns", and the botanical beds of ferns and camellias were added as the last stage of the park's diversification.