Les Épines de Lespinet (2500 m2) is a private botanical garden specializing in cactus and succulents. It is located at 38, Les Hauts de Lespinet, Foix, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France, and open by guided tours; an admission fee is charged.
The garden is intended to recreate a semi-desert American landscape amid banana, citrus, and Mediterranean vegetation. It contains nearly 400 taxa of cacti and succulents, primarily Agave, Opuntia, and Yucca, as well as Nolina and a collection of palm trees from temperate and subtropical regions.
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edit- Les Épines de Lespinet
- Culture.fr entry (French)
- Cactuspro entry (French)
- Parcs et Jardins de Midi-Pyrénées entry (French)[permanent dead link]
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