The Jardins de Coursiana, also known as the Arboretum Coursiana, are

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 ...

s with an

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

(6 hectares) located in

La Romieu La Romieu (; oc, L'Arromiu) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. It is known for its magnificent Collégiale St. Pierre, a 14th-century church with a cloister and a tower. Geography Population Sights * * Jardins de C ...

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. They are open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The arboretum was created in 1974 by eminent French botanist Gilbert Cours-Darne. In 2000 its

Tilia ''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Britain a ...

collection (more than 60 taxa) was designated a national collection by the ''Conservatoire des collections végétales spécialisées'' (CCVS), in 2001 the garden of aromatic and medicinal plants was begun, and in 2005 the ensemble was designated a ''Jardin remarquable'' by the Minister of Culture. Today the arboretum contains 700 species of trees and shrubs, including mature '' Quercus robur'' (200 years old), as well as ''

Aesculus californica ''Aesculus californica'', commonly known as the California buckeye or California horse-chestnut, is a species of buckeye native to California and southwestern Oregon. Description It is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, up to tall, with g ...

'', '' Alnus cresmatogyne'', ''

Davidia involucrata ''Davidia involucrata'', the dove-tree, handkerchief tree, pocket handkerchief tree, or ghost tree, is a medium-sized deciduous tree in the family Nyssaceae. It is the only living species in the genus ''Davidia''. It was previously included wi ...

'', ''

Firmiana simplex ''Firmiana simplex'', commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasoltree, or wutong (), is an ornamental plant of tree size assigned to the family Malvaceae that was formerly in the family Sterculiaceae in the order Malvales, and i ...

'', '' Parrotia persica'', '' Sassafras officinalis'', ''

Tilia americana ''Tilia americana'' is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Oklahoma, southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to ...

'' nova, '' Tilia chemnoui'', and ''

Tilia henryana ''Tilia henryana'' Szyszyl., commonly known as Henry's lime, was introduced to the West from China by Ernest Wilson in 1901. The tree is native to the provinces of Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, and Zhejiang,Tang, Y., G ...

''. The gardens also include an English garden, vegetable garden, and garden of aromatic and medicinal plants.

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Jardins de Coursiana

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