The Arboretum de l'École du Breuil (12 hectares) is a municipal

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

located on the Route de la Ferme in the southeast corner of the Bois de Vincennes,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

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. It now forms part of the

Jardin botanique de la Ville de Paris The Jardin botanique de la Ville de Paris (83 hectares in total) is a collection of four botanical gardens maintained by the city of Paris, France. * In the Bois de Boulogne ** Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil ** Parc de Bagatelle * In the Bois d ...

. The École du Breuil (25 hectares) was created in 1867 by Baron Haussmann as the city's school of horticulture and arboriculture, and named for Alphonse Du Breuil, professor at the ''Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers'', who taught arboriculture from 1867 to 1887. It was originally located on 4 hectares in

Saint-Mandé Saint-Mandé () is a high-end Communes of France, commune of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. It is one of the sm ...

near today's Palais de la Porte Dorée but in 1936 transferred to its current location. Today the arboretum contains about 2000 trees, representing 112

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, 485

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, and 400

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s and varieties (885 taxa), as well as several collections of shrubs representing about 1,000 taxa. Of particular interest are its collections of heritage

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and

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trees (about 400 varieties), and its excellent

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collection (about 300 varieties) which has been recognized by the ''Conservatoire des Collections Végétales Spécialisées'' (CCVS).

References

Arboretum de l'École du Breuil

Paris.fr entry (French)

Association des anciens élèves de l'école du Breuil (French)

Conservatoire des Jardins et Paysages entry (French)

Wikimapia entry
* French Wikipedia article :fr:Arboretum de l'école du Breuil Gardens in Paris Gardens in Val-de-Marne Ecole du Breuil {{France-garden-stub

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