The Jardin botanique de Bordeaux (0.5 hectares) is the historical municipal

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, located inside of the Jardin public" (Public garden), at Place Bardineau,

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

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. It is open daily without charge. This old garden has been recently supplemented by the modern

Jardin botanique de la Bastide The Jardin botanique de la Bastide (4 hectares) is the new municipal botanical garden located on the right bank of the Garonne, along the Allée Jean Giono in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. It is open daily without charge. This garden is ...

, located across the river. Although the garden's origins extend back to 1629 AD, with the creation of Bordeaux's first medicinal garden, today's botanical garden dates to 1858. It currently contains more than 3000 plant

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, both those indigenous to

and exotic plants from

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and

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. It is organized as a systematic collection. The garden's seed collection contains 2,000

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, and its

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contains about 85,000 specimens. Jardin public bdx

References

Jardin botanique de Bordeaux

BGCI entry

* Philippe Prévost and Richard Zéboulon, ''Les plus beaux jardins du sud-ouest'', éditions sud-ouest, Bordeaux Bordeaux, Jardin botanique de Bordeaux, Jardin botanique de Tourist attractions in Bordeaux {{France-garden-stub

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