Le jardin botanique de Bayonne, offre, sur une modeste surface, une diversité de scènes assez surprenantes.
En plein cœur du secteur sauvegardé, remparts Vauban et cathédrale obligent, le jardin occupe la surface complète d'un bastion, tel un jardin suspendu, flottant au-dessus de la ville et séparé d'elle par des remparts de 7 m de haut.
Il est dessiné sur un mode japonisant, avec petite pièce d'eau, pont, passerelle et cascade. De partout, jaillissent des fleurs, associées non pas par famille, comme dans tout jardin botanique traditionnel, mais par couleur ou par senteur.
Un millier de taxons ( plante distincte en genre espèce ou variété) se disputent le droit d'y figurer. Elles sont choisies essentiellement parmi les plantes vivaces, souvent pour leur beauté, pivoines, dodécathéon, parfois pour leur curiosité, dracunculus, toujours pour l'intérêt qu'elles offrent aux visiteurs. Chaque plante est étiquetée. Les points forts du jardin botanique sont sa quiétude et sa forte personnalité, la diversité de ses collections et la gamme étendue des couleurs utilisées.
Malheureusement, ma visite s'est effectuée sous la pluie...
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