Guided tour of the medicinal plants garden, the toxic plants garden, as well as the Apothicarium
Discover a multitude of plants with fascinating powers.
Garden of medicinal plants: located in the heart of the city of Metz, within the Franciscan cloister of the Recollets of the thirteenth century. The hundred or so plants all have recognized traditional therapeutic properties. This garden renews its original vocation: the cultivation of medicinal plants, which monks used to treat the sick.
Garden of toxic plants: with fascinating, even deadly powers, but often at the origin of great medicines.
The Apothicarium, or Salle du Droguier, brings together a rare collection of ancient glass jars and other jars containing substances (animal, vegetable, mineral) from all over the world, with proven medical properties and used as a medical material for apothecaries and doctors.