Bambouseraie de Prafrance
| Bambouseraie de Prafrance Bambouseraie d'Anduze Bambouseraie en Cévennes |
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| Park in Générargues | ||
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| Main path of the Bambouseraie de Prafrance | ||
| Basic data | ||
| place | Générargues | |
| Created | 1856 | |
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| User groups | Botanical Garden | |
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| Parking area | 35 ha | |
44 ° 4 '13.2 " N , 3 ° 58' 38" E
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The Bambouseraie de Prafrance (also called Bambouseraie d'Anduze or Bambouseraie en Cévennes ) houses the largest bamboo wood outside of Asia. It is located in France at the foot of the Cevennes in the municipality of Générargues , in the Gard department , 2 km north of Anduze .
history
In 1856 the spice trader and hobby botanist Eugène Mazel (1828–1890) planted the first exotic species on the site, which came from the temperate climatic zones of China, Japan, North America and the Himalayas. After his death, the garden was acquired by Gaston Nègre in 1902. Since then, the park has been looked after by the third generation of the Nègre family, who opened the area to the public for an entrance fee from 1945.
The bamboo forest scenes in Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1953 film Wages of Fear were shot in Prafrance.
In the harsh winter of 1956, most of the plants froze to death; only trees and larger stands of bamboo survived the frost.
In 2008 the Bambouseraie was added to the list of historical monuments in France.
investment
Mazel had chosen the site because of the mild climatic conditions at the foot of the Cevennes and began in 1855 to create irrigation ditches that are still in use today. The facility covers a total of 35 hectares, of which 15 hectares are now open to visitors. It is divided into several focus gardens, u. a. the Bambusarium (show garden for different types of bamboo), the "Valley of the Dragon" (Japanese garden) and a Laotian village built entirely from bamboo materials. A special feature is the hedge labyrinth on the children's play area, which consists of the densely growing bamboo species Semiarundinaria makinoi . A total of around 200 different bamboo varieties are currently on display. In the mild climate of the Cevennes, tall varieties grow up to 25 m high, but in Asia the same varieties reach heights of up to 40 m.
From Anduze or Saint-Jean-du-Gard, the garden can be reached with a historic steam train.
Steam train
Hedge maze
Phyllostachis spec.
Water garden
Bonsai in the water garden
Web links
- Official website (French / English)