The Parc Arboretum de Saint-Setiers is a private park and

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 ...

located in

Saint-Setiers Saint-Setiers (; oc, Sent Sestari) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Geography The river Diège has its source in the northeastern part of the commune and forms most of its southeastern boundary. Population Point ...

Corrèze Corrèze (; oc, Corresa) is a department in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, ...

Limousin Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The park and its arboretum were established in the 19th century, and now contain about 115

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of trees and shrubs including a

Thujopsis ''Thujopsis'' () is a genus of conifers in the cypress family (Cupressaceae), the sole member of which is ''Thujopsis dolabrata''. It is endemic to Japan, where it is named ''asunaro'' (). It is similar to the closely related genus ''Thuja'' (ar ...

specimen dating from 1802 and a large

Douglas fir The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Oregon pine, and Columbian pine. There are three va ...

from 1895, as well as a 5 kilometer forest trail, a river island covered with

rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; from Ancient Greek ''rhódon'' "rose" and ''déndron'' "tree") is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are nati ...

s, and a monumental earthen sculpture (La Grande Nageuse) by Gerhard Lentink. It is also possible to see the sculpture of Marc Duquesnoy realized in 2008, in the stock of a tree : the wood combined with the porcelain.

References

Carnet de Jardins en Limousin, page 8 (French)

Jardinez description (French)
Saint-Setiers, Parc Arboretum de Saint-Setiers, Parc Arboretum de {{France-garden-stub

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