Serres d'Auteuil - Square des Poètes

The French Open Tennis Championships, just finished, are played at the Roland Garros Stadium, situated at the southern end of the Bois de Boulogne. Neighbour to the stadium you can find the Serres (Greenhouses) d’Auteuil.

They were created 1895-98. Part of the original activities, to furnish Paris’ parks with plants and trees, are now transferred to more modern installations outside Paris (Rungis), but the management has still its headquarters here and it’s also still here that most of the plants and flowers which decorate the interior of different municipal buildings are growing. At the same time, it’s a very nice and calm park – with rather few visitors. The greenhouses can be visited. In the major one you can find a pond with Japanese carps and also some exotic birds. It’s all free of charge. Sometimes concerts are organised here. A small area has been dedicated to wild flowers.Directly adjacent to this park, you can find another smaller park, Square des Poètes. It’s more recent, created in 1954. All over the park you can find 48 small copper plates with quotes – relating to nature - by French poets. Some of the poets have even got their statues.
This park is more animated with a lot children playing, but you still find some quiet corners for couples in love, single persons reading a book...

Some of these pictures can be found on my photo-blog.