The Parc floral et arboré de la Chènevière is a privately owned park with

flower garden A flower garden or floral garden is any garden or part of a garden where plants that flower are grown and displayed. This normally refers mostly to herbaceous plants, rather than flowering woody plants, which dominate in the shrubbery and ...

s and arboretum located at La Chènevière, 106, route de Quinssat,

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, Allier,

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. It is open several days per week in the warmer months. The park contains more than 1500 varieties of flowers and trees, set within terraced and themed gardens on the foothills of Bourbonnaise mountain overlooking the Allier valley. It includes exotic trees such as ''

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References

Vichy Val D'Allier entry (French)

Allier Tourisme entry (French)

Culture.fr entry: La Chènevière
Gardens in Allier Botanical gardens in France {{France-garden-stub

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