Jardin botanique E.M. Heckel

The Jardin botanique E.M. Heckel (12,000 m2), also known as the Jardin botanique de Marseille and the Jardin botanique Borély de Marseille, is a municipal botanical garden in the Parc Borély at 48, Avenue Clot Bey, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.

Its first was established by René of Anjou near the Abbaye Saint-Victor as the Jardin botanique des Chartreux.

Of particular interest is a greenhouse containing nearly 300 species of South African flora.

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