Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères

Ingrannes, France, France

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The Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères, also called Arboretum d'Ingrannes, is a 12- to 24-hectare private arboretum and ecological park located in the heart of the Forêt d'Orléans near Ingrannes in the Loiret department of Centre-Val de Loire, France, about 30 km east of Orléans.

Established in 1968 by M. and Mme. de la Rochefoucauld (Brigitte and Bernard) with first plantings in 1973, it opened to the public in 1991 and was designated a Voluntary Nature Reserve at the end of the 1970s. The arboretum contains approximately 7,000 trees and 6,500 woody plants representing 2,500 to 2,500 taxa from the Northern Hemisphere's temperate zones of Europe, North America, and the Far East, organized into eight gardens and two arboreta planted by geographical origin, including rare species that have disappeared from their countries of origin.

It holds national recognition from the Conservatoire des Collections Végétales Spécialisées (CCVS) for its Magnolia and Cornus collections, contains 500 varieties of Ericaceae (bruyère/heather) and 800 cultivars of old garden roses, and has been designated a Jardin Remarquable by the French Ministry of Culture since 2004.