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4 - 6 June 2021Passed
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Free entry
June 2021
Friday 4
09:00 - 20:00
Saturday 5
09:00 - 20:00
Sunday 6
09:00 - 20:00

Clos de l'Evolution (sur la muraille romaine du Mans)

20, rue de la Verrerie 72000 Le Mans
  • Sarthe
  • Pays de la Loire

Discovery tour of the Garden of Evolution

The Garden of Evolution is a small botanical garden in which the plants are associated in the different parterres on the basis of the kinship of the species.
4 - 6 June 2021Passed
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Free entry
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Clos de l'Evolution (sur la muraille romaine du Mans)
20, rue de la Verrerie 72000 Le Mans
  • Sarthe
  • Pays de la Loire
The Clos de l'Evolution
This garden was created and is managed by the association Entre Cours & Jardins. It is organized in an original way: the plants are associated in the different parterres according to the kinship of the species to which they belong. As for individuals, kinship refers here to the idea of a greater or lesser proximity in the time of common ancestors. But, while it concerns the short time of human life for individuals, kinship, for species, is part of the long time of evolution. All living species, both plant and animal, are, in fact, derived from species that are now extinct, from which they have gradually differentiated themselves by mutations. This, over millions of years. Kinship is therefore also genetic proximity: the more species have retained a common genetic heritage, the closer they are to kinship. This can be illustrated from our human species. If homo sapiens is close relatives of chimpanzee and gorilla species, it is because he has with them a last comm
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Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Jardin public, Jardin vivrier (potager, verger, jardins familiaux, jardin de simples...), Jardin de collection (botanique, arboretum...), Jardin de création récente
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Numerous car parks around the Cité Plantagenêt