The Conservatory of medicinal plants
Patrimoine > Jardins/Châteaux
Description
The Conservatoire National des Plantes à Parfums, Médicinales, Aromatiques et Industrielles (The National Conservatory of Plants) is a place where plants are kept, protected and studied. It is at the same time a tree nursery, a botanical garden, an agricultural center and an interpretation center. The sensory journey throughout the conservatory gathering more than 1500 different species of plants is completed with a museum's visit.
It is located in an old plants' kiln and is now a space of playful and sensorial discoveries throughout the history of those plants, their origins, cultivation and use nowadays. A good way to learn and discover for families !
The Conservatory is here to manage, value and conserve the genetic resources of perfume, medicinal and aromatical plants in order to :
- take part of the nature's saving
- allow people to discover and learn about plants
- teach people how to identify and use plants
Do you want to develop your botanical knowledges ? Do you want to know how to collect and produce your own aromatical and medicinal plants ? Do you want to know how to use your plants in receipes, medicines and vegetable dyes ?
Also, the Conservatory offers different kind of trainings of 1 or 2 days to learn and complete your own knowledge about plants.
Informations pratiques
Ouvertures
From 02/04 to 31/10/2025, every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday between 10 am and 6 pm.
Tarifs
Full price: 7.50 €
Reduced price: 6 € (13-17 yo
students).
Free entry for children - 12 years.
Group rate available for > 5 people.
Annual pass: 18€
Free for residents.
Visites
Visites individuelles
Unguided individual tours available permanently
Visites groupées
Unguided group tours available permanently
Unguided group tours on request
Guided group tours on request
Langues
French
Equipements
Public WCCar parkMeeting roomFree car park
Services
Educational visitsCoach accessRoom hireThemed tourShopTourist brochuresGuided toursLeisure Center
Visites individuelles
Unguided individual tours available permanently
Visites groupées
Unguided group tours available permanently
Unguided group tours on request
Guided group tours on request