Nature et Paysages, also known as the Jardin Carnivore, is a

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 ...

specializing in

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s. It is located in

Peyrusse-Massas Peyrusse-Massas (; oc, Peirussa de Massàs) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population Sights * Nature et Paysages, a botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' ...

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Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées (; oc, Miègjorn-Pirenèus or ; es, Mediodía-Pirineos) is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Occitania. It was the largest region of Metropolitan France by are ...

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, and open daily except Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden was created in 1986 by Jean-Jacques Labat. In 1995 it was designated a national collection of carnivorous plants by the ''Conservatoire des Collections Végétales Spécialisées'' (CCVS), in 1999 was recognized by the ''Jardins botaniques de France et des pays francophones'', and in 2003 opened to the public. Today the garden contains about 500

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s, out of approximately 600 identified across the world, grown within a set of

bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...

s and

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s. It describes itself as one of the largest such collections in the world.

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