The Jardin botanique Méditerrannéen, also known as the Jardin botanique à Durban-Corbières, is a privately owned

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 ...

that contains more than 500

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of plants from the

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. It is located on the Route d'Albas in

Durban-Corbières Durban-Corbières (; oc, Durban de las Corbièras) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Population Sights * Jardin botanique Méditerrannéen See also * Château de Durban * Corbières AOC * Communes of the Aude depar ...

Aude Aude (; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Ca ...

Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon (; oc, Lengadòc-Rosselhon ; ca, Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and ...

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, and is open daily; an admission fee is charged.

References

Jardin botanique Méditerrannéen

Jardins Languedoc entry (French)

Gardens in Aude Botanical gardens in France {{France-garden-stub