The Jardin botanique de la Bastide (4 hectares) is the new municipal

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located on the right bank of the

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, along the Allée Jean Giono in

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, Gironde,

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. It is open daily without charge. This garden is an offshoot of the older Jardin botanique de Bordeaux, located across the river. The garden opened in 2003 and is organized into six sections, including an arboretum, fields of grain, an alley of

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s, and a

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(1,250 m²). It also contains greenhouses, as well as eleven landscapes representing the environments of

, including dune,

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, wet grassland, moorland, etc.

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References

Jardin botanique de Bordeaux

BGCI entry

* Philippe Prévost and Richard Zéboulon, ''Les plus beaux jardins du sud-ouest'', éditions sud-ouest, Bordeaux Bastide, Jardin botanique de Bastide, Jardin botanique de Tourist attractions in Bordeaux {{France-garden-stub

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