Vallée-aux-Loups — an arboretum shaped by its trees
The arboretum at Châtenay-Malabry gives mature trees room to spread beside paths and water. Its long nursery history is visible in the way individual specimens shape the view.
Aus der Quelle
The Arboretum de la Vallée-aux-Loups is one part of a departmental estate in Châtenay-Malabry. Hauts-de-Seine describes its nursery origins, English landscape layout and weeping blue Atlas cedar. The map uses the address of the entrance at 102 rue de Châteaubriand.
Redaktionelle Einordnung
The department traces planting here to eighteenth-century nurseries and describes later work by Gustave Croux. Its account identifies the weeping blue Atlas cedar as a notable specimen. The photograph shows the cedar’s hanging branches beside water. Walk around the edge of the view and notice how the branches change the apparent scale of the tree. The paths, water and lawn give a broad silhouette a succession of different frames.
Empfehlung
Use the department’s current arboretum access information before travelling. The arboretum has its own entrances within the wider estate. Choose a garden route separately from any planned visit to the Maison de Chateaubriand.
Quellen
Département des Hauts-de-Seine — arboretum and entrances · factory-dossier-92f9297e5dd54c688ca07236
Identity and location cross-reference · factory-dossier-92f9297e5dd54c688ca07236
IGN/BAN — entrance address · factory-dossier-92f9297e5dd54c688ca07236
Original photograph and licence · factory-dossier-92f9297e5dd54c688ca07236
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