Arboretum du parc de Rouelles

Montivilliers, France, France

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The Arboretum du parc de Rouelles, also called the Arboretum des Ardennes, is a tree collection located within the expansive Parc de Rouelles (over 150 hectares) south of Montivilliers and north of Le Havre in Normandy, France.

The arboretum contains 200 different tree species from 25 botanical families, all planted in the early 1980s on the Ardennes Plateau in the upper part of the park. Visitors can find both local French species like beech, hornbeam, and chestnut, as well as exotic trees from around the world including American elm, eucalyptus, Ginkgo biloba, Chilean false beech, Virginia tulip tree, and paulownia.

A second section of the arboretum is dedicated exclusively to conifers. The surrounding park features varied landscapes of meadows, woods, ponds, marshes, and wetlands along the Rouelles river, and includes the historic 17th-century Manoir de la Bouteillerie with its dovecote from 1631. The park is open every day with free admission, making it an accessible and educational destination for nature lovers and tree enthusiasts.