The Jardin ethnobotanique d'Eyne, also called the Jardin de la Vallée, is a

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specializing in ethnobotany. It is located at the Maison de la Vallée, avinguda de Cerdanya,

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, Pyrénées-Orientales,

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, and is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. Today's garden was created on the site of the farm's earlier vegetable garden. It now contains a representative collection of plants local to the Pyrenees, including trees, flowers, and useful plants, arranged in groupings according to the typical altitude at which the plants grow.

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BaLaDO.fr description (French)

Parcs & Jardins entry (French)

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