Jardin botanique du Château de Vauville

The Jardin botanique du Château de Vauville (4 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique de Vauville, is a private botanical garden located on the grounds of the Château de Vauville near Beaumont-Hague in Vauville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. It is open afternoons in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The garden was begun by Eric Pellerin in 1948 on a windy site located within 300 meters of the Atlantic Ocean. Today it contains more than 900 semi-tropical species of plants from the Southern Hemisphere set within windbreaks of diverse eucalyptus and bamboo. Collections include aloes, Dimorphotheca, Echium pininana, and palm trees.

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Coordinates: 49°38′6″N 1°50′43″W / 49.63500°N 1.84528°W / 49.63500; -1.84528


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