Les Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes
Les Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes stand within the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, combining historic architecture with collections of exotic plants. The Muséum national d’histoire naturelle uses these glasshouses to conserve, acclimatise and present species gathered from naturalists’ travels. Warm air, dense foliage and regional plant collections give the public a view of tropical, arid and Pacific environments. One glasshouse supports gardeners and botanists rather than public visits.
Their history reaches back to the Jardin royal des plantes médicinales, founded by Guy de La Brosse in 1635. Rebuilding followed changes in water supply, heating and electrification. Architects Charles Rohault de Fleury and René-Félix Berger shaped the structures visible today, while restoration continued after wartime damage and the loss of rare tropical specimens. The latest major restoration took place between 2005 and 2010.
The largest glasshouse recreates a warm, humid setting for tropical forest plants. Another displays vegetation from arid regions around the world, while the New Caledonia glasshouse explores island flora, biodiversity and ecological concerns. The plant-history glasshouse traces evolution through paleobotany, turning a walk among living collections into a journey across Earth’s botanical past.
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