Jardin Botanique de l'Arquebuse, Dijon
The Jardin Botanique de L'Arquebuse is an arboretum and botanical garden spread across 5 hectares in Dijon.
The Jardin Botanique de L'Arquebuse is an arboretum and botanical garden spread across 5 hectares in Dijon. Established on the 16th century training grounds of the arquebus chevaliers, the complex of the popular English style garden also contains a Natural History Museum and planetarium. The botanical garden was founded by scientist Benigne Legouz de Gerland in 1771, and transferred to its current location in 1833. It has over 4000 plant species, with a focus on the Bourgognian Flora (Flora of Burgundy) and French native plants. The collection also includes a wide variety of carnivorous plants, succulents, subtropical species, and Mediterranean plants, some of which are grown in greenhouses. The herbarium has a whopping 100,000 specimen. There is an attached Botany school as well.
The surrounding park has an arboretum of nearly 600 hardwood and 100 conifer varieties, a rose garden with over 230 types of roses, Le Raines - a small stream with Anatidae (swans and ducks), an orangery for exhibitions, various sculptures, and the Hubert Curien Planetarium. The Museum of Natural History of Dijon presents permanent exhibitions (Pavillon de l'Arquebuse) as well as temporary exhibitions (Pavillon du Raines) on geology, zoology, palaeontology, ethnography and mineralogy.
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About Jardin Botanique de l'Arquebuse
1 Avenue Albert 1er, 21000 Dijon, France
+33 3 80 48 82 00
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