Terra Botanica, a unique plant park

Each new season is an opportunity for the park’s creative teams to offer new attractions and new spaces. In 2024, Terra Botanica welcomes new attractions!

The animal glade

With the arrival of spring, some fifty new free-roaming animals have joined the animal glade: a refuge with habitats adapted to these different species, both wild and domestic, allowing them to flourish in their new environment.

Cows, goats, sheep, alpacas, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, turkeys… come and discover this 5,000m2 space!

The butterfly gallery

From May to September, a large 300m2 aviary is home to around a hundred butterflies, representing almost forty species… An opportunity for you to come and contemplate these marvels and learn more about their role in the terrestrial ecosystem.

And if you’re lucky, you’ll even be able to see the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly through the hatchery!

Another key creation of the year: The Bird Canopy. With this new space, the Mysteries of the Forest world is expanding by 5000 m2. Perhaps you already know the Giants’ Journey, which reveals the secrets of the trees and invites you to observe them up close thanks to a series of rope bridges? Now, in this same place, the Bird Canopy lets you discover the birds from the Angers region and their role in the forest. On the programme? Giant slide in a 15-metre-high structure, zip lines and augmented reality that puts you in the skin of a bird in mid-flight… The song of the yellow oriole and the flight of the terns will hold no more secrets for you: you’ll feel like you’ve grown wings!

Terra Botanica has been designed for all ages: you can enjoy it at 5 years old, 13, and also as an adult! Parents, set off on an adventure with your teenager in front of a 4D film in the At the Origins of Life space, watch your little ones having endless fun in the World of Little Elves, and let yourself be carried away by the magic at the Cale de Radoub show!

To help make your choice, feel free to ask the park teams for advice or explore the app.
 

And then, to learn while having fun and pass on your taste for ecology and protecting nature, go to the Vegetable Garden, Waterless Garden or Smart Garden… In this latter space, you can learn to garden naturally, without chemicals, to best preserve biodiversity. Armed with their wheelbarrows, aprons and garden tools, the little ones can have fun with games and puzzles … and they’ll love it!

If a day of exploring isn’t enough, just come back in the evening! Terra Nocta is the night version of the park: a unique experience. Every evening from 14 July to 31 August and during the All Saints’ Day holidays, as well as every Saturday in September and October, this magical journey offers a series of poetic images featuring hundreds of luminescent ferns. Mixing shadow and light, the magic of the place is revealed to visitors after dark in a sound and vision stroll through the Plant Odyssey and Mysteries of the Forest. A memorable moment!

To recover from the excitement and recharge your batteries during your tour, four places to eat are scattered throughout the gardens. With a restaurant, bistro, three snack bars and an ice cream parlour, the plant-based theme park has different options for everyone. And if you feel tired, lots of comfy corners have been designed for you: take a break on large cushions near the entrance, take a nap in the hammocks hidden away next to the Mysteries of the Forest, read a book in a deckchair not far from the rose garden… A great way to spend a lovely day, full of adventures and fresh air.