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Planned around a peaceful lake to represent the changing seasons and the progression of living things, exotic maples, magnolias, flowering cherries, azaleas. Good Bonsai collection. Raku earthenware workshop. www.parc-oriental.com
The Japanese garden at Maulévrier
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local gardens
Rose Gardens of Doué la Fontaine
Le Chemin de la Rose is a super rose garden and well worth a visit.
There are many wonderful roses to see, lakes, pleasant sitting areas. Easy parking.
Every year Doué La Fontaine hosts the annual Days of the Rose festival.
A marvellous spectacle of over a hundred thousand rose buds is displayed in the magnificent troglodyte caves.
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Garden of medicinal plants at Chemillé
Known as the capital of medicinal plants Chemillée’s herb garden has a collection of about 300 species of medicinal and aromatic herbs.
Open all year round.