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Iris collections 
in public parks and botanical gardens 
in Europe

• ~ 2000 bearded irs, labeled with the designation, 
  breeder and year of registry
• free entrance

• ~ 80 bearded irs, labeled with the designation, 
  breeder and year of registry
• ~ 30 iris species distributed in the park
• free entrance

• ~ 150 bearded irs, labeled with the designation, breeder and year of registry during the flowering period
• because the labels are removed outside the flowering season, are many mislabeled now
• free entrance

• ~ 160 bearded irs,  labeled with the designation
• free entrance

• ~ 165 bearded irs,  labeled with the designation, partially multiple planted 
• Currently, the Garden is revised and renewed
  Correction list of the labels
• ~ 12 unlabeled SDBs, IBs and BBs multiple planted in large quantities 
• Focus: Varieties from the years 1960 to 1980
• free entrance

• ~ 99 bearded irs, labeled with the designation, breeder and year of registry
• free entrance

• ~ 120 bearded irs, labeled with the designation, breeder and year of registry
• Entry 
  

• Collection Goos & Koenemann, 
  labeled
• free entrance
  
  
  

Varieties of Goos & Koenemann

• > 100 bearded iris, labeled with the designation
• Collection of the breeder Dr. Alexander Steffen
• Entry 

• ~ 1000 bearded iris, labeled with the designation, breeder and year of registry
• Festival of iris every 3. Weekend in May with judgment of new cultivars primary of french breeders.
• large offspring planting behind the main hall, accessible while the Iris Festival
• Entry

• ~ 1670 bearded iris, ~ 240 Spuria, JI, LA, Sibirica,  labeled with the designation,  breeder and year of registry
• ~ 50 iris species distributed in the park
• Entry

Planting of a larger series of historical
iris varieties.

• ~ 250 iris  (bearded and japan iris)
• free entrance
  (Exception: Exhibitions / Events in the Park)

• ~ 150 bearded iris, labeled with the designation, 
  breeder and year of registry

• free entrance

• ~ 40 bearded iris distributed in the park, partially labeled
• free entrance in:
  • Park de la Tete D´Or
  • Le parc zoologique
  • Le jardin botanique
  • 4 Garden of roses

• little Park of a School in a suburb of Lyon, 
  unfortunately, no own website
• ~ 60 bearded iris distributed in the park, partially labeled
• Iris festival every year in Mai
• free entrance 

• ~ 140 bearded iris, labeled with the designation, 
  breeder and year of registry
• ~ 30 iris species distributed in the park
• Entry

Iris 
"Château d'Auvers sur Oise"

• unknown number of unlabeled bearded iris varieties
• Festival of Iris every 4. Weekend in May
  (Mixture of art, clutter and Plant Market)
• Entry to the Festival

• ~ 667 bearded iris
• collection of cacti and succulents
• collection of roses
• collection of camellias, dahlias, ...
• free entrance 

• ~ 500 bearded iris, labeled with the designation, 
  breeder and year of registry
• Collection of Iris Sibirica
• Collection of Paeonies
• Collection of Daylilys
• Entry to the zoo, where the Botanical Garden is integrated

• ~ 50 unlabeled bearded iris varieties
• free entrance 
  (garden of the Casino)

• ~ 1500 labeled bearded iris 
• Festival of iris every year in May with judgment of new cultivars
• The garden is only open in May
• free entrance 
  
  
  

• ~ 2000 labeled bearded iris 
• Entry

• ~ 80 labeled bearded iris 
• Entry
  

• ~ 250 labeled bearded iris 
  (very many are mislabeled)
• Entry

• ~ 300 labeled bearded iris, sort by year
• Entry

• ~ 130 labeled bearded iris, mostly historc iris varieties 
• Entry

• open 2 weeks in May 

If you find a mistake or you have additional informations, or informations and pictures of other parks 
and collections of iris in europe, we would appreciate a notice.
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