Arboretum de Chèvreloup

The Arboretum de Versailles-Chèvreloup (French pronunciation: [aʁbɔʁetɔm də vɛʁsaj ʃɛvʁəlu]; 200 hectares) is a major arboretum located just north of the Palace of Versailles at 30, route de Versailles, Rocquencourt, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.

It forms part of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, and is open everyday in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The site dates to 1699 when Louis XIV acquired the hamlet of Chèvreloup, demolishing its walls to extend his hunting ground around his castle.

In the 19th century it became apparent that the Jardin des Plantes in Paris was too small for a national collection, and in 1922 the conservator of the Estate of Versailles and architect François-Benjamin Chaussemiche (1864–1945) established today's arboretum as the Jardin de Jussieu, annex to the National Museum of Natural History.

Today the arboretum contains about 15,000 specimens on 195 hectares, representing 124 families, 220 genera, 2700 species and varieties, and 500 cultivars.