Coordinates: 47°17′18″N 0°42′52″E / 47.28833°N 0.71444°E / 47.28833; 0.71444

Parcours botanique au fil de l'Indre

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The Parcours botanique au fil de l'Indre is an arboretum and botanical garden located in Montbazon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is open daily without charge.

The botanical area consists of the Grande Rouge, a château's forest park, and the Grande Ilette, a riverside area. The park is primarily oak but also contains notable trees, including cypress, a Sequoiadendron planted circa 1890–1900, and a Taxodium distichum, as well as hornbeam, beech, maple, chestnut, American locust, and Scotch fir. The Grande Ilette lies along the banks of the river Indre, and contains a meadow as well as exotic plantings of Alnus cordata, bald cypress, black walnut, and Sequoia sempervirens.

Parcours botanique au fil de l'Indre

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47°17′18″N 0°42′52″E / 47.28833°N 0.71444°E / 47.28833; 0.71444