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We have come quite often to Nantes, a City that needs to be visited more by all. A wonderful historical city with many monuments to see, many wonderful properties. I was again on my local road warrior mode and as bit not back, decided to give it a refresher to this must to visit City of Nantes, Loire-Atlantique dept 44 of the Pays de la Loire region,in my belle France ; even if old Bretagne! Do read my previous posts on the city as well, For now let me tell you about the wonderful Jardin des Plantes of Nantes, part II !! This time from the back of it ! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The nice Jardin des Plantes that I past my leisure times each time traveling by the train station! was created in 1807, and opened to the public in 1895 along the styles of the 19C with a mosaic or ceramic tradition and floral decorations with several cascades and water fountains; officially it is known as the botanical garden but still call by its old name. Open to the public. It is a botanical garden in the English style, serving among other things as an arboretum. The main entrance is across the street from the train station or gare de Nantes at Rue Stanislas Baudry ,where I always went in. This time showing you the back entrance.

It covers an area of 7,328 hectares and is generally in the shape of a rectangle oriented north-south, bordered by: rue Gambetta; Place Sophie-Trébuchet; rue Stanislas-Baudry; rue Écorchard, place Charles-Le Roux and boulevard de Stalingrad; and rue Frédéric-Cailliaud.   It has five entrances: “porte des Camélias”, place Charles-Leroux (main entrance); the “Porte des Cerfs”, at the corner of Rue Écorchard and Rue Stanislas-Baudry; at rue Stanislas-Baudry, in the axis of rue Georges-Clemenceau; and rue Gambetta; and rue Frédéric-Cailliaud, in the axis of rue d’Allonville.

There are bodies of water, fountains, a waterfall, bridges, statues, sculptures and pavilions. The garden layout elements are represented by perennials, shrubs and trees. Each year 75,000 plants are planted in the period from May 15 to June 20 for summer floral decoration. They come from a hundred varieties, and distributed in five floral mosaics. They are uprooted between mid-October and mid-November. The autumn-winter-spring floral decoration is made from bulbs of flowering plants, 65,000 plants are available for this time of year. The Jardin des Plantes contains a number of works of art. These are Le Premier Miroir ,this sandstone group represents a mother with her child in her arms, showing the latter, surprised and charmed, their image reflected by the calm surface of a body of water. Les Cerfs au repos or Deer at rest, this is an animal group sculpted in 1908 bringing together a deer, a doe and a fawn.

Monument to Jean-Marie Écorchard was inaugurated in 1892. During WWII, it was removed by the Nazis in order to be melted. In 1981, on the hundredth anniversary of the death of Dr Jean-Marie Écorchard, the town decided to have a copy of the original work made by Alain Douillard. Plate and medallion of Élisa Mercœur, this bronze medallion was inaugurated on December 5, 1909 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the poet Élisa Mercœur. Monument to Jules Verne, the bust of Jules Verne in bronze and inaugurated on May 29, 1910. It disappeared during WWII and was replaced in 1945 by the current stone statue. La Moissonneuse or the harvester dates from 1940. There are two Wallace fountains in the Jardin des Plantes of the five in Nantes In the garden one is located to the southwest near the entrance of Rue Écorchard  near the statue of Les Cerfs au repos,and the other is located to the northwest by rue Frédéric-Cailliaud near the Monument to Jules Verne.

The City of Nantes on the Jardin des Plantes : https://nature.metropole.nantes.fr/parcs-jardins/jardin-des-plantes/

The Nantes tourist office on the jardin des plantes: https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/en/places/jardin-des-plantes/

There you go folks, do visit Nantes,and its wonderful monuments, A must to visit while in the City ; see the wonderful Jardin des Plantes of Nantes, part II !!! Again, hope you enjoy this post as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!