Jardin botanique du Château de Vauville

The Jardin botanique du Château de Vauville (4 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique de Vauville, is a private botanical garden located on the grounds of the Château de Vauville near Beaumont-Hague in Vauville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. It is open afternoons in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The garden was begun by Eric Pellerin in 1948 on a windy site located within 300 meters of the Atlantic Ocean. Today it contains more then 900 semi-tropical species of plants from the Southern Hemisphere set within windbreaks of diverse eucalyptus and bamboo. Collections include aloes, Dimorphotheca, "Echium pininana", and palm trees.

See also

* List of botanical gardens in France

References

* [http://www.jardin-vauville.fr/ Jardin botanique du Château de Vauville]
* [http://www.frenchgardening.com/visitez.html?pid=3138702575190923 French Gardening description]
* [http://www.parcsetjardins.fr/basse_normandie/manche/jardin_botanique_du_ch_teau_de_vauville-64.html Parcs et Jardins de France description (French)]
* [http://195.7.104.1/normandy-tourism/w/jardins/parcs.asp?id=36&lg=fr Parcs et Jardins de Normandie description (French)]
* [http://www.conservatoire-jardins-paysages.com/jardins.php?id=282 Conservatoire des Jardins et Paysages description (French)]