Gallery Alpe Alpine Botanical Garden Lautaret

Villar-d'Arêne, France, France

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Gallery Alpe Alpine Botanical Garden Lautaret (officially the Jardin botanique alpin du Lautaret) is a renowned alpine botanical garden located at 2,100 meters altitude at Col du Lautaret in the Dauphiné Alps, near Villar-d'Arêne in the Hautes-Alpes region of France.

Created in 1899, this 2–3 hectare garden has over a century of history preserving and studying mountain plants, and now contains more than 2,300 species of alpine plants from around the world including the Himalayas, New Zealand, Patagonia, and the Rocky Mountains. The garden serves as both a public attraction and a research station managed by the CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, welcoming scientists globally to study climate change and alpine ecology.

In 2016, the Galerie de l'Alpe was added as a 130 m² exhibition space and visitor center to expand educational activities and host conferences. The garden is open from the first weekend of June to the first weekend of September (10 AM–6 PM), with daily guided tours in July and August, admission costing €8 for adults and €6 for reduced prices, and is approximately 60% wheelchair accessible.