Jardin botanique de Gondremer

The Jardin botanique de Gondremer is a private botanical garden with national collections of rhododendrons and azaleas, kalmia, heathers, and Japanese maples, classified as a Jardin Remarquable by the French ministry of culture.

It is located several kilometers east of Autrey and Housseras, Vosges, Grand Est, France, and open at specific periods suitable for the collections; an admission fee is charged.

The garden was begun by Michel and Gisèle Madre in 1974 in a wild and marshy valley, with ponds created for drainage and initial plantings in 1974-1975.

Between 1975 and 1990, nearly 2000 plants were introduced, mainly rhododendrons, azaleas, and other Ericaceae, and in 1990 the garden expanded into an adjacent forest area with the addition of a botanical trail about 1 km long.

It contains about 4,000 plant taxa including 650 rhododendron species, 450 rhododendron hybrids, 500 azalea hybrids, 80 Calluna, 80 Erica, 40 Kalmia, 35 Pieris, 25 Vaccinium, 20 Cassiope, 20 Leucothoe, 15 Andromeda, 15 Phyllodoce, 10 Ledum, and 6 Menziesia.