Le Jardin des Plantes
Le Jardin des Plantes is a botanical garden situated in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. The garden covers a total of 23.5 hectares.
There is a very long parterre (knot garden) à la francaise which is filled with different flowering plants from April onwards.
The rose garden has 170 varieties of European roses. This garden was created in 1990.
There are three large greenhouse, one is in an art deco style and contains the winter garden, le jardin d'hiver, and contains, amongst others, climbing plants, bananas and palms. The mexican greenhouse and australian greenhouse were both designed by Rohault de Fleury.
An alpine garden displays more than 2000 alpines from around the world.
The iris garden has 150 varieties of iris and a large collection of perennials and climbing plants.
The garden has a school of botany where you can see more than 4000 plants grouped together by familly.
Le Jardin des Plantes Photo
Benh Lieu Song and subject to
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The garden is open every day from 7h30 - 19h45 and entry is free.
The garden is situated in the 5th arrondissement of Paris between the Paris Mosque, the campus of the University of Jussieu and the River Seine.
Address:
Jardin des plantes,
57 rue Cuvier,
75005 Paris
Tel : 01.40.79.30.00
Métro : Austerlitz / Censier