Les jardins des Martels

Giroussens, France, France

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Les jardins des Martels is a 3.5-hectare (35,000 m²) English-style floral park and remarkable garden (Jardin Remarquable) located at Les Martels in Giroussens, Tarn, Occitanie, France, about 30 km north of Toulouse and 20 minutes from Albi.

Created by a family passionate about gardens, with first plantings dating from the early 1970s and public opening in 1994, the park features approximately 2,500 plant varieties from all five continents. Visitors explore the garden in five stages: a 300-meter canal lined with multicolored flower beds, an exotic jungle with a greenhouse populated by tropical water lilies and daturas, terraces with a springing torrent feeding lotus basins.

A semi-free mini-ferm with 150 animals like a Noah's Ark, and a belvedere overlooking the water gardens. The lush, shaded garden offers numerous benches for admiring the water features and plant beds, making it especially pleasant in summer.