Les Épines de Lespinet

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.

• List of botanical gardens in France

• 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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