The Jardin botanique de Marnay-sur-Seine (2 hectares) is a

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located on the Chemin des Gougins,

Marnay-sur-Seine Marnay-sur-Seine (, literally ''Marnay on Seine'') is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of ...

, Aube,

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. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden was founded in 1995, construction started in 1998, in 2000 the garden opened to the public, and in 2002 it was designated a ''Jardin Botanique de France''. Its conservatory of local flora opened in 2003, and in 2007 it published an '' Index Seminum''. Today the garden contains about 2500 plants organized in a rose garden,

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garden,

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and medicinal plant collections, a trail illustrating

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, shade and ornamental gardens, and collections of local and

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n plants.

References

Jardin botanique de Marnay-sur-Seine

Index Seminum, 2007

Photographs

Carte des Ressources entry (French)

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