The Best Botanical Gardens in France

Five gardens

Parc Floral d’Apremont lies below a castle on the Allier River, with follies, waterfalls and lawns that visitors may walk on barefoot. Parc Botanique de Haute Bretagne, near Fougères, is a series of numbered themed gardens around a château. The Jardin Exotique d’Èze is a cactus garden at the top of the village, with views over the Mediterranean coast. Parc Oriental de Maulévrier is a large Japanese garden with a pond, red bridges and night visits in summer. Les Jardins d’Eau at Carsac-Aillac in the Dordogne is a circuit past ponds of water lilies and lotus.