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.

Long drooping cedar branches hang above a lawn and pond.
The weeping blue Atlas cedar beside water in the arboretum. Photograph by Jean-Luc Bailleul / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.Jean-Luc Bailleul / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source de l’image · Recadrage

D’après la source

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.

Lecture éditoriale

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.

Recommandation

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.

Le château de ce jardin

Découvrez l’architecture et l’histoire de ce lieu sur Le Roi du Château.

Vers le dossier du château →
Continuer l'Exploration · Réseau Européen

Paysages, Jardins & Terroirs Connectés

Découvrez les jardins historiques, villages remarquables, terroirs viticoles et itinéraires qui dialoguent avec ce territoire.

🏰Château & DomaineChâteau

Domaine de Sceaux

Domaine de Sceaux is a château at Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, in the Île-de-France region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 17th and 18th centuries. Its architecture is recorded as Neoclassical architecture. It is protected as a monument historique at the higher of the two levels (classé). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.

🏰Château & DomaineChâteau

Château de Vilmorin

Château de Vilmorin is a château at Verrières-le-Buisson, Essonne, in the Île-de-France region of France. Its architecture is recorded as Renaissance architecture. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.

🏰Château & DomaineChâteau

Château de Berny

Château de Berny is a château at Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, in the Île-de-France region of France. The recorded building campaign dates from the 17th century. Its architecture is recorded as classical architecture. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.

← Retour à la collection