After a presentation of the history of the Botanical Garden, your guide will make you discover the medicinal plants and many other remarkable plants among the 2000 species present. It will also accompany you in the arboretum and the tropical greenhouse. The visit will end with the seed plant where 1600 jars of seeds are stored in the garden.
Guided (or free) tour of the botanical garden: Botanical school, medicinal plants, an arboretum, a tropical greenhouse, a seed plant. 2000 plant species are present on a garden of 8000 m².
The garden is divided into three areas:
- A historic garden called a "botanical school": the plants are arranged around a pool of water in 32 beds according to the classification of Bentham & Hooker (19th century). The species are classified by family, from the simplest (Poaceae) to the most advanced (Asteraceae). Each species, comprising several genera and several varieties, has a zinc label engraved in Latin, thus retaining the style of the time of its crea

Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Espace naturel, parc, jardin i Site patrimonial remarquable

Tram A: CHU - Hospital / Bus: Lines 5A, 5B and 7