Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden

Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden

Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden, formerly known as Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden, is a farm and botanical garden in Hong Kong, China. It is located on the north slope and foothills of Tai Mo Shan in Tai Po District, new territories. Lin Jin Road is near bainiushi in Lin village, covering an area of 148 hectares, covering Tai Po District and Yuen Long District.

Founding history

In 1949, a large number of Chinese refugees poured into Hong Kong, the British colony at that time. Still

Together with Mr. Norman Wright and Mr. Hu tingsheng, the Thai brothers of Lord Roland and Sir Horace founded kaaa in 1951 to research and develop agricultural technology for these Chinese refugees. Sir Hollis happened to find an unattended orange tree in Gaoling, Tai Mo Shan. At that time, it was generally believed that Hong Kong's Gaoling was too steep and humid for planting citrus trees. However, the orange tree on the mountain could still grow, which gave rise to the idea of setting up Kadoorie Farm. Five years later, in 1956, the government leased the land on the site and operated it under the name of "Kadoorie experimental and extension farm", demonstrating efficient and profitable farming and animal husbandry methods. At the same time, efforts were made to improve the breed of livestock and train Hong Kong farmers and soldiers stationed in Hong Kong.

On January 20, 1995, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong formally incorporated Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden. 2006 is the 50th anniversary of Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden.

Development status

With the gradual decline of agriculture in Hong Kong, the Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Garden Company Ordinance was passed by the Legislative Council in January 1995. Kadoorie Farm has officially become a non-profit making organization, with its focus on nature conservation and education. Although Kadoorie Farm is a public company, its funds and management are privately operated and independently managed by the board of directors appointed by the trustee of Kadoorie fund. The annual expenditure of Kadoorie Farm is about HK $80 million, which is allocated by the Kadoorie fund. The 148 hectare farm and botanical garden is government leased land. Kadoorie Farm has a number of cooperative projects with a number of government organizations, universities and non-governmental organizations. Board members

Andrew McAulay, chairman, founder of kadoornon, Lord Roland and Halley

Sir James' grandchildren and nephews.

Ian D. Boyce, former executive director of Schroders Asia

Dr. Li Xiyu, former director of agriculture and Fisheries Department

Deborah whittle, founder of kadoornon, Lord Roland and holly

The granddaughter and niece of Sir James.

Mr. Ruy Barretto, SC

Mr. He Weizhi, former director general of Greenpeace, is now the executive director of a private charitable foundation

Mr. Daniel R. Bradshaw, senior consultant of Macbeth law firm, member of the board of directors of WWF Hong Kong Branch

geographical environment

Altitude: 150 m to 600 m;

More than half of the local plants in Hong Kong;

It feeds most of Hong Kong's large mammals, insects, reptiles and amphibians.

Scope of work

Ministry of Agriculture

The Ministry of agriculture is committed to promoting sustainable agriculture and sustainable life, as well as the promotion of local and local crops

The basic concept of land marketing. Production demonstration of sustainable agriculture

Organic farming. Since 1995, Kadoorie Farm has cultivated more than 50 kinds of vegetables and herbs on the hillside of 0.4 hectare. Kadoorie Farm has more than 30 years of experience in terraced cultivation. About 17 hectares of terraced fields are used as orchards and more than 25 kinds of fruit trees are planted. Introduce proven and effective techniques into the exhibition of vitality garden, including no dig cultivation / root protection method, basket composting, no dig cultivation / basket composting, pot earthworm composting, square nursery, square nursery, solar seed dryer, etc.

Pot earthworm composting, developed a three in one earthworm composting and planting basket, put kitchen waste into the container for earthworm composting, directly used for indoor potted vegetables or flowers.

The "orchard regeneration plan" will transform the old litchi / longan orchard with single planting method into an agroforestry intercropping habitat with multiple crops.

Promoting sustainable food system, healthy food and nutrition

Hong Kong Organic Agriculture Association. In May 1999, Kadoorie Farm and seven other local organic farms established the "Hong Kong Organic Agriculture Association". The association is responsible for establishing and coordinating the contact between organic farming producers and supporters in Hong Kong, and promoting and developing the organic crop market.

Since March 2005, organic fairs have been held on the first Sunday of each month at Kadoorie Farm. Kadoorie

The organic farm fair and the new territories vegetable production and marketing cooperatives Co., Ltd. jointly hold the "Taihe farm fair". About 4 NGOs and 15 organic farms set up stalls every month, with an average attendance of 1500. ministry of education

We are committed to raising public awareness of the relationship between people and the environment, actively improving the world through conservation and education, and promoting a number of activities designed for the public and organizations.

Farm Museum

To celebrate the Golden Jubilee in 2006, we set up an exhibition to review the history of Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden.

Welcome guests

Kadoorie Farm receives both local and overseas visitors.

Dr. Jane Goodall, a famous primate zoologist, visited in 2006.

Educational programs

The Ministry of education often organizes various activities, training courses and workshops for different age groups.

Tree planting activities in 2007: started planting trees on the slopes of Tai Mo Shan in 2005. During this period, people from all walks of life, including secondary schools, tertiary institutions, youth organizations, community centers, charities and professional organizations, participated in the tree planting program of Kadoorie Farm.

GIS Day 2006: participants can explore the landscape changes of Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden through field research, aerial photography and digital mapping.

Bat lecture and workshop: including "bat lecture and ecological walk" and "evening bat ecological investigation group", it provides educators with creative, valuable and interesting teaching tools and resources, which can be applied to classroom and outdoor education activities to meet the challenges

The thinking of students should guide them to care more about nature. Department of animal conservation

The Ministry of animal conservation was established in 1994 as the Ministry of animal conservation and education. Its projects include the veterinary hospital of the wildlife rescue center (converted from the old pigsty site), the education exhibition at the Raptor care center, the Asian turtle conservation and breeding program, and close cooperation with world wildlife conservation organizations.

Wildlife Rescue Center

It is the only wildlife rescue facility in Hong Kong. Since 1994, the Hong Kong government has approved the Kadoorie Farm to carry out the work of wildlife rescue. The veterinary hospital specializes in treating injured wildlife and tries its best to return the recovered animals to their original habitats. The rescue centre also provides care for the confiscated animals entrusted by the Hong Kong government and refers the rare animals to internationally recognized institutions with conservation and breeding facilities. The rescue center has the following four missions:

Take in native species and help them rejoin nature.

To serve as a temporary shelter.

Support artificial breeding program and conserve species gene source.

Assist in research and provide valuable genetic materials for analysis and research.

In December 2001, the wildlife rescue center received more than 8000 freshwater turtles smuggled from Malaysia to China's game market for food, which were seized by the Hong Kong government. Finally, the center found suitable accommodation for about 4500 freshwater turtles overseas.

Conservation work

A conservation oriented breeding program for Asian freshwater turtles, including Cuora trifasciata, was launched. On April 24, 2005, a thief sneaked in and stole 24 golden turtles. In the same year, Kadoorie Farm

With the assistance of external consultants and staff of the agriculture, fisheries and Conservation Department, two turtle catches were carried out in the streams of Tai Po Kau nature reserve to increase the number of wild turtles. Local endangered species in Hong Kong include the Scarab and Platysternon megacephalum. In addition, we also carry out conservation and breeding programs for Hong Kong Betta, and monitor the ex situ conservation program of the little tree frog in Kadoorie Farm and botanical garden. Department of plant conservation

The Department of plant conservation was established in 1994 to manage a number of projects, all of which focus on plant conservation, most of which also focus on reproduction. In the park, we not only care for more than 1000 species of protozoa, but also conduct extensive field investigation in Hong Kong and South China.

Horticulture section

In the past, it was the Department responsible for beautifying and maintaining all gardens in the park, which was incorporated into the Department of plant conservation

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