Gerland park
Gerland Park, located in south Lyon, not far from the Rhone-Saône confluence, is designed for leisure, sports and nature discovery. It is Lyon's third landscaped park, along with Parc des Hauteurs on Fourvière hill and Tête d’Or Park.
When the park is completely developed, it will occupy 80 hectares (198 acres) and will include within its grounds the Stadium, the Sports Arena and the Game Park. The first phase of development on 20 hectares (50 acres) was completed in July 2000, and was designed by landscape architect Michel Corajoud.
Flower Center
Visitors can also enjoy:
- books and other works on gardens, plant and gardening
- an exhibit of more than 100 grains and fruits
- a wall display of different grasses
- a cross-section of the park's terrain and samples of materials used for soil replenishment.
Inaugurated in July 2001, this exhibition hall attracts gardening and horticulture enthusiasts. The ground level of the center has a permanent exhibition about the park's tall grass garden: how it was installed, its composition and upkeep.
a grassy garden promenade through the park
This garden, surrounded by canals, flourishes on a space of 3 hectares (7.5 acres). Visitors can enjoy the changes through the seasons, admire the rows of plants cultivated as in a plant nursery. Woody plants, grasses, perennials, annuals and biannuals are grouped in six theme parcels marked off on the ground by metal plates.
