Jardin des plantes de Lille

Coordinates: 50°36′54″N 3°04′06″E / 50.6149°N 3.0682°E / 50.6149; 3.0682
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Rose garden in the jardin des plantes de Lille

The jardin des plantes de Lille (11 hectares) is a municipal botanical garden located on the rue du Jardin des plantes, Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

The garden was established in 1948 as a successor to various city botanical gardens dating from 1596. It is one of three botanical gardens in Lille, the others being the

université catholique de Lille
.

The garden is designed as a pleasure park, with botanical plots containing more than 1,500 plants grouped by families; an

frangipani. The garden also contains a rose garden, trees grouped by geographical origin, and a dahlia
collection, as well as a large pond and the city's astronomical observatory.

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50°36′54″N 3°04′06″E / 50.6149°N 3.0682°E / 50.6149; 3.0682