Arboretum de Pézanin

It is one of the oldest and richest forest collections in France, with trees and plants from all around the world.

[1] The arboretum was established in 1903 by the famous French botanist Philippe de Vilmorin (1872-1917), seigneur of Audour.

It is now owned by the French Ministry of Agriculture and managed by the Office national des Forêts (ONF).

[2] The ONF wants to open the arboretum to a large audience, and creates walking paths and puts tags on each trees to indicate species, and other useful information.

The arboretum is accessible through the RCEA (Route Centre Europe Atlantique), exit Dompierre-les-Ormes, at 20 minutes from Mâcon (motorway of the sun, train and TGV station, A40 autoroute,...), 1 hour from Lyon and 2 hour from Geneva.