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- Area:
- The Latin Quarter
- Info:
- 36 rue
Geoffroy-St-Hilaire,
2 rue Bouffon, pl
Valhubert or 57 rue
Cuvier, 5th. Mº
Gare d’Austerlitz,
Place Monge or
Jussieu.
Open Main garden Winter 8am-dusk daily. Summer 7.30am-dusk daily. Alpine garden Apr-Sept 8-11am, 1.30-5pm daily. Closed Oct-Mar. Greenhouses (closed 2006) Apr-Sept 1-5pm Mon, Wed-Fri; 10am-5pm Sat, Sun. Menagerie Apr-Sept 9am-5pm daily.
Admission Jardin des Plantes free. Greenhouses €3. Menagerie €7; free-€5 reductions.
Jardin des Plantes
Although small and somewhat dishevelled, the Paris botanical garden – which contains more than 10,000 species and includes tropical greenhouses – is worth a visit. Begun by Louis XIII’s doctor as the royal medicinal plant garden in 1626, it opened to the public in 1640. It also comprises the Ménagerie and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Ancient trees include a false acacia planted in 1636 and a cedar in 1734, and there’s an 18th-century spiral yew maze.
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