Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Jardin botanique universitaire de Poitiers

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Phone
  
+33 5 49 45 37 95

Address
  
1108 route des Sachères, 86550 Mignaloux-Beauvoir, France

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–8PMFriday8AM–8PMSaturday2:30–8PMSunday2:30–8PMMonday8AM–8PMTuesday8AM–8PMWednesday8AM–8PMThursday8AM–8PM

Similar
  
UFR Sciences Fondame, Faculté de Droit et Sciences, Faculté de Médecine et de Pha, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, UFR Sciences Humaine

The Jardin botanique universitaire de Poitiers (33 hectares) is a botanical garden and arboretum maintained by the University of Poitiers. It is located at 443 Route du deffend, Mignaloux-Beauvoir, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France, and open daily without charge.

The garden is located on the former domaine du Deffend, which was purchased by the state in 1962 and in 1996 established as a regional plant heritage center. It was named a botanical garden in 2005 with the following missions:

  • conservation of regional plants by developing thematic gardens (fruits, vegetables, etc.)
  • education and public awareness
  • supporting university research
  • preservation of heritage collections of the University of Poitiers, including a herbarium dating to the nineteenth century,
  • Today the garden contains two small forests (6 hectares), two ponds, a farm dating to the nineteenth century, and a 17th-century dovecote. Its arboretum contains 90 oak taxa, as well as a good collection of heritage apple trees. Other collections include local orchids, aquatic plants, and medicinal plants.

    References

    Jardin botanique universitaire de Poitiers Wikipedia