{"id":167,"date":"2010-04-18T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T10:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solene.moutardier.freehostia.com\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2022-03-31T21:09:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T19:09:21","slug":"nancy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/ou-voir-des-begonias\/nancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Botanical Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gf-container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Founded in 1758 by letters patent of Stanislas Leszczynski, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, the Nancy Botanical Garden has had a rich and eventful history. Moved several times, damaged during the Second World War and constantly changing, it has maintained its richness and influence far beyond the borders of Lorraine and even of France. Among its most illustrious admirers were Jos\u00e9phine de Beauharnais, who gave the garden several lots of plants from the imperial collections at Malmaison, as well as Victor Lemoine, Fran\u00e7ois-F\u00e9lix Crousse and \u00c9mile Gall\u00e9. In the heyday of the \u00c9cole de Nancy, the garden naturally became a source of inspiration and a place of rest in an urban setting. The diversity and quality of its collections are now recognised by its status as a National Botanical Conservatory, granted by the Ministry of the Environment in 1990. Less well known is the begonia collection, which is nevertheless substantial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With 272 taxa, including 198 botanical species, the garden\u2019s collection holds species from the entire range of the genus <em>Begonia<\/em>, displayed in alphabetical order. Growing conditions are those of a warm temperate greenhouse (minimum 18\u00b0C at night and maximum 25 to 30\u00b0C by day). Watering is fully automated. The substrate is a classic mix of leaf mould, fine bark, peat, perlite and sand, in proportions that vary with the species. Emmanuel Chasselin has managed the collection since 2008. The greenhouse is strikingly lush. Depending on their needs, plants hang close to the glass in bright light, sit on the benches for the more shade-loving (sciaphilous) species, and even underneath them: <em>Begonia evansiana <\/em>seems to enjoy this dim but competition-free spot. There are few pest or disease problems, apart from an outbreak of vine weevil larvae a few years ago, now under control. Biological control effectively limits scale insects and mites. Over the years, the collection has grown through regular contacts with European botanical gardens and with amateur collections. Recently, cuttings have been exchanged with Le Havre, Rochefort and Lyon; in earlier years with Halle in Germany, Glasgow in Scotland\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The genus <em>Begonia <\/em>is probably unique in the diversity of foliage, habit and flowering it brings together. The collection gives a good overview: <em>B. staudtii <\/em>Gilg., from Nigeria, delights with its fully saturated yellow flowers, in striking contrast with its puckered, spring-green foliage. <em>B. isoptera <\/em>Dryander ex J.E. Smith, from Java, is more discreet in its even, bright green colour, but has an almost animal presence reminiscent of an ancient saurian. This species is rarely seen in collections. The texture of the leaves of <em>B. olbia <\/em>Kerchove, from Brazil, recalls precious fabrics \u2013 green and black brocades against which the white lace of the flowers stands out. A mystery of nature copying itself\u2026 the leaves of <em>B. philodendroides <\/em>Ziesenhenne are reminiscent of a tropical aroid, while those of <em>B. alnifolia <\/em>A. DC. look like alder leaves. We would like to mention them all\u2026 but let us stop there, as the list would soon become tedious! Beyond its beauty, the begonia collection fits squarely within the goals of the Jardin du Montet.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gf-container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4>Informations pratiques<\/h4>\n<p>Conservatoire et jardins botaniques de Nancy, 100 rue du jardin botanique, 54600 Villers-l\u00e8s-Nancy.<\/p>\n<p>03.83.41.47.47 \/ <a href=\"mailto:accueilcjbn@grand-nancy.org\">accueilcjbn@grand-nancy.org<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjbn.uhp-nancy.fr\">www.cjbn.uhp-nancy.fr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unless otherwise stated, the botanical garden is open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 5 pm. The greenhouses are open from 2 pm to 5 pm. On Saturdays, the park and greenhouses are open from 2 pm to 5 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Admission: \u20ac4 for the greenhouses only; the park is free.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00c9tabli en 1758 par lettres patentes de Stanislas Leszczynski, Duc de Lorraine et de Bar, le jardin botanique de Nancy a connu une histoire riche et mouvement\u00e9e. Plusieurs fois d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9, endommag\u00e9 pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en perp\u00e9tuelle mutation, il a su maintenir une richesse et un rayonnement bien au-del\u00e0 des fronti\u00e8res lorraines et m\u00eame [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":37,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-167","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12251,"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167\/revisions\/12251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afabego.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}