Jardin Botanique de l'Arquebuse

Dijon, France, France

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The Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse is a municipal botanical garden located at 1 Avenue Albert-1er in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, in the Bourgogne region of France.

Founded in 1771 by Bénigne Legouz de Gerland and moved to its current site in 1833, the garden spans approximately 2 to 5 hectares and features nearly 4,000 plant species with a strong emphasis on the flora of Bourgogne.

The garden is designed in the English style and contains a systematic collection of over 3,352 taxa, regional Bourgogne flora with 1,423 taxa, 789 French native plant species, and 1,140 species from around the world, including ornamental, food, succulent, carnivorous, subtropical, and Mediterranean plants.

Its diverse collections include an arboretum with 170 local and exotic tree species, a rose garden with more than 230 varieties of old and modern roses, greenhouses, an herbarium containing about 100,000 specimens, and an extensive collection of Anatidae (wild ducks, geese, and swans) on a small island in the Raines stream that winds through the park.