Jardin Des Plantes

Although our apartment is just steps (255) from Luxembourg Garden, which we've frequented, we thought we'd pay a visit to the next great park over, the Jardin des Plantes. Whereas Luxembourg is more for fun and relaxation, the Jardin des Plantes is a naturalist's center, with botanical gardens, museums of science and natural history, paleontology, and more. We've visited it several times over the years. This time we were enticed by the prospect of blooming roses, but we visited several sections of the park we'd not seen before.

Looking toward one of the museums

It appears the landscaping crew is constructing one very long rose 
arbor

Much commemorative sculpture all around; Buffon was director
of the garden in the 18th century

Emmanuel Fremier, Nest of the Grizzly, 1886

Never miss an insect hotel

Huge cedar on the trail leading to the Labyrinth, and
the Gloriette de Buffon

La Gloriette, said to be the oldest iron work in Paris

Views from the Gloriette, atop the Layrinth, are
pretty obscured by all the trees except for this
interesting new building

In the Gloriette

Upper bit of the large cedar

One of the monumental green houses

Ugly plant

In the botanical garden, everything organized by type, use, very
completely labeled