Parks and gardens

Trees and gardens

A great selection of botanical gardens, rose gardens, parks and arboretums provide pleasant surroundings in which to stroll and learn about the region’s plants.

Les Jardins Sothys - Auriac These botanical gardens covering an area of 3.7ha have been created upon the initiative of the beauty product company SOTHYS. Based around...Learn +

Arboretum de La Tuillière - Ayen Founded in 1990, this arboretum (8.5 ha) contains a collection of 1,600 species of trees and shrubs, each labelled with information. The...Learn +

Parc des Perrières - Brive la Gaillarde Street Louis Plantadis, wooded park of 13 ha. Beautiful walk in a park afforested with numerous natural sorts in meadows and undergrowth...Learn +

Potager Noël Boudy - Brive la Gaillarde This vegetable garden was established next to the market in 2001. Landscaped layout, including an arrangement of complementary plants (vegetables...Learn +

Public garden of la Guierle - Brive la Gaillarde Public garden since 1893, reshaped in 1960 and 1982, remarkable by its plane trees bicentenaries, situated in the edges of the Corrèze. Remarkable...Learn +

Square Marcel Cerdan, roseraie municipale - Brive la Gaillarde Ce jardin public aménagé en 1982 sur le tracé d'un ancien jardin du XVIIè et XVIIIè siècle, offre une collection de plus de 2000 rosiers...Learn +

Parc arboretum de Chamberet - Chamberet The Parc de l’Angle de Chamberet arboretum boasts a collection of 105 tree species in grounds extending across 10 hectares. Many broad-leaved...Learn +

Maison Ethno-Botanique - Espagnac This ethno-botanical centre has 120 varieties of fruit trees, collections of old and local vegetable varieties (buckwheat,lettuce, orache...Learn +

Arboretum d'Al Gaulhia - Espartignac These landscaped gardens encompass a mosaic of different habitats (peat bog, man-made lake, dry and wet zones) displaying a wide diversity...Learn +

Arboretum du Massif des Agriers - Lamaziere Haute 600ha mountain forest with heathland on the Puy du Vareyron. The arboretum has around sixty broad-leaved trees and conifers planted in 1982...Learn +

Botanical garden - Lostanges A “nature discovery trail” situated at an altitude of 500m. The garden extends across an area of 2ha and is planted with some 500 species...Learn +

Le jardin du Bardot - Marcillac la Croisille Situated on the southwest side of the Dordogne gorges below the village of Nougein, the Jardin de Bardot covers anarea of approximately 1200...Learn +

Arboretum du Château de Neuvic d'Ussel, Parc agricole et paysager - Neuvic This 6-hectare landscaped park and arboretum, located in an urban setting, was designed in the 19C in the style of parks laid out by the...Learn +

Le Jardin d'Arsac - Saint Frejoux A landscaped pleasure garden designed in a cameo of greys, greens and blues, the layout of which is inspired by poetry, aesthetics and history,...Learn +

Parc Arboretum et Sylvatum - Saint Setiers Parc Arboretum et Sylvatum In the heart of the Plateau de Millevaches, at an altitude of almost 1,000m, discover more than one hundred different...Learn +

Jardin du Centaure - Saint Yrieix le Dejalat This 400m² garden specialises in medicinal and aromatic plants, as well as those used in dyeing. The popular use and mythology of plants...Learn +

Sentier botanique - Ségur le Château This botanical trail crosses a part of the Vallée de l’Auvézère classified as a natural site of special interest for its ecology,flora and...Learn +

Parc de la Mairie - Tulle Staged public garden overhanging the city. Pond, statue and standing walk of lime trees. Opened all year long in free access from 8 am till...Learn +

Jardin de la Ganille - Ussel This charming garden (an officially recognised “Jardin Remarquable”) is located near Eybrail on the road to Clermont-Ferrand. Created 18...Learn +

Parc arboretum du château de la Diège - Ussel 19C landscaped park with beautiful Sequoia and Douglas firs. Attractive small waterfalls behind the château and anorchard with old varieties...Learn +