The Jardin botanique de l'Institut National is a small

botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...

located within the campus of the ''Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement'' (

AgroParisTech AgroParisTech (officially ''Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement'', or Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences)English naming according tEnglish brochure is a French higher educati ...

), formerly known as the ''

Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon The Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G) was a French university-level institution of grande école-type. It offered master's degree in agricultural- and life sciences. It was created in 1971 by merging the ''Institut national agr ...

'', on the Avenue Lucien Brétignières,

Thiverval-Grignon Thiverval-Grignon is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Points of interest * Arboretum de Grignon * Jardin botanique de l'Institut National See also *Communes of the Yvelines department ...

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.Île-de-France , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 = +01:00 , timezone1_DST = CEST , utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 , blank_name_sec1 = Gross regional product , blank_info_sec1 = Ranked 1st , bla ...

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. It is closed to the public but may be visited by groups. The garden was established sometime before 1979 on a plot of land adjacent to the

Arboretum de Grignon The Arboretum de Grignon (0.8 hectares) is an arboretum located within the campus of the ''Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement'' (AgroParisTech) on Avenue Lucien Brétignières, Thiverval-Grignon, Yvelines, Île-de-F ...

. Today it consists of 34 beds containing about 1,000

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with an emphasis on ''

Graminae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

'', ''

Leguminosae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

'', ornamental plants, and plants of

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soils. The ''Association de l'arbre de fer'' was established in 2001 to protect and enhance the campus' natural environment, and in 2003 it began restoration and enlargement of the arboretum, as well as creation of a botanical trail and rehabilitation of the garden.

References

BGCI entry

Convention on Biological Diversity: Botanical gardens in France

Association de l'arbre de fer: Proposed renovation of the botanical garden, with maps and schematics (French)

Association de l'arbre de fer (French)

AgroParisTech - Grignon campus map
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