Discovery and science

The end of the 19th century^e The 19th century saw dozens of botanical gardens spring up across Europe in the Alps. Jean-Paul Lachmann, professor of botany at the University of Grenoble, considers alpine gardens to be natural laboratories that enable:

• the study and protection of alpine flora;
• to test the acclimatization possibilities of vegetable and fodder plants for mountain populations;
• to educate the public about the richness of this flora and its conservation.

When it was created in 1899, The jardin du Lautaret a collection of 500 species from the Western Alps, carefully labeled and arranged in parallel flowerbeds. Rock gardens in the upper part of the garden showcase species from the Pyrenees, the Caucasus, and the Himalayas. The garden also has a natural marsh. Seed exchanges with other countries began.
The pass is undergoing rapid development as a tourist destination thanks to the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean Railway Company (PLM), the Grenoble and Dauphiné Tourist Office (SIGD), and Alexandre Bonnabel, a civil engineer who became a hotel entrepreneur. The jardin du Lautaret very popular with tourists. After Jean-Paul Lachmann's death in 1907, Marcel Mirande took over as professor of botany in Grenoble and head of the Lautaret Garden.
The plaque, unveiled on July 20, 2007, was affixed to a wall of the Mirande chalet.




The list of participants: ALBERT Cécile (PhD student, Alpine Ecology Laboratory (LECA)), ALLIER Michel (French Botanical Society (SBF)), AUBERT Serge (Lautaret Garden), AUBERT-MOULIN Julie (intern, Lautaret Garden), AUDOUARD Simone (SBF), AUROUSSEAU Pierre (SBF), BENOIT-GUYOD Jean-Louis (LECA), BERNARD Christiane (SBF), BESSAC Danielle (SBF), BIRON Pierre-Eymard (curator, Hauts Plateaux du Vercors Reserve), BLAISE Solange (SBF), BLIGNY Richard (Plant Cell Physiology Laboratory (PCV) and Lautaret Garden), BONET Richard (Ecrins National Park (PNE)), BONNEL Alexis (SBF), BOURDEAU Philippe (Institute of Alpine Geography), BOURNAC Patrick (SBF), BRESOLES Pierre (SBF), BRIZARD Olivier (UFR Biology), BRUN Jean-Jacques (Cemagref), CAMPBELL Mason (LECA intern), CHAFFARD Véronique (Laboratory for the Study of Transfers in Hydrology and the Environment), CHAFFENET Corinne (SBF), CHARDON Suzanne (SBF), COLACE Marie-Pascale (LECA), CORTOT Hervé (head of the PNE scientific department), COZIC Philippe (Cemagref), DANTON Philippe (Lautaret Garden), DE JONG Carmen (Mountain Institute), DELAY Bernard (Grenoble INP), DELESTRADE Anne (Director, CREA), DELLAVEDOVA Muriel (Agriculture Project Manager, PNE), DEMEULANT Jeannine (SBF), DENOTS Claude (intern, Lautaret Garden), Michel DEPROST (journalist, Le Progrès), Laurence DESPRES (LECA), Fanny DOMMANGET (intern, LECA), Rolland DOUZET (Lautaret Garden), Frédéric DUPONT (SBF), Jean-Paul DURAND (Mayor of La Grave, Hautes-Alpes General Councilor), ENNASSAOUI Hanane (doctoral student), ESPRIT Céline (Lautaret garden intern), ESTIVAL Emilie (SBF), GABERT Françoise (UFR Biology), GALLET Christiane (LECA), GARCIN Sylviane (journalist, Le Dauphiné Libéré), GENDRON Christian (intern, Lautaret Garden), GEREMIA Roberto (LECA), GIAZZI Jean-Paul (SBF), GREEN Agnès (PDC Company), HERMES Younis (CNRS Alpes regional representative), Michel Herzog (PDC Society), Sébastien Ibanez (LECA doctoral student), Jacques Joyard (PCV laboratory and president of CNRS commission 28), George Kunstler (Cemagref), Marcel Kuntz (PDC), Frederic Lambert (University of Grenoble, communications department), LANGEVIN Vanessa (LECA & Lautaret Garden), LAVOREL Sandra (LECA & Lautaret Garden), LE RUYET René (SBF), LEBEL Thierry (LTHE), LEMBKE Manuel (LECA), LEPLAN-ROUX Joëlle (Lautaret Garden), LONTIN Olivier (LECA & Lautaret Garden), LOUCOUGARAY Grégory (Cemagref), MAGNOULOUX Monique (SBF), MARTIN Olivier (LECA), MATRAS Christian (PDC), MELET Jean-Claude (SBF), MERAL Jean-Pierre (SBF), MERCAN Aline (Anthropologist, Jardins du Monde), MILHOMME Stéphane (journalist, France Bleue Isère), MOLLET Anne-Marie (SBF), MONTAGUT Gérard (SBF), MOTTE Elisabeth (accountant, University of Grenoble), NAFTALSKI Hélène (CNRS), NESPOULOS Cyril (intern at the Lautaret garden), NICOLAS Jean-Pierre (ethnobotanist, Jardins du Monde), NONCHEV Stefan (Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB)), OLIVIER Annie (SBF), OSWALD Jean-Luc (SBF), OUABDESSELAM Farid (President, University of Grenoble), PERDEREAU Simone (SBF), PERRIER Christophe (Lautaret Garden), PITIOT Jean-Pierre (SBF), PONCET Fabien (Lautaret Garden intern), REGLI Patrick (SBF), RITTER Jean (SBF), ROLLAND Sylvie (Head of General Affairs, CNRS Alpes Delegation), SACCONE Patrick (University of Grenoble), SAGON Jean-Paul (SBF), SAGON Yvette (SBF), SARDAT Nicole (Cemagref graphic designer), SCHNEBELEN Gérard (SBF), SCHNEBELEN Madeleine (SBF), SEIGLE-MURANDI Françoise (LECA), SORNICLE Rémy (SBF), SPIEGELBERGER Thomas (Cemagref), STREB Peter (University of Paris XI), SYRE Thibaud (intern at the Lautaret garden), TABERLET Pierre (LECA), TELLENE Robin (Isère Alpine Pasture Federation), THUILLER Wilfried (LECA), TURINA Sylvain (Jardin De Mémoires Montagnes producer), VALAY Jean-Gabriel (Director of the Biology Department), VAN DER REST Benoît (INPT-ENSAT), VERON François (Cemagref), VIVANT Louis-Marie (IGA intern), WEISS Jean-Marie (SBF).