Suzhou China Flower and Botanical Garden

With flowers as the theme, the scenic spot has planted more than 2000 varieties and more than 1 million plants. There are 47 special flower gardens (corners) in the park, including azalea, camellia, hibiscus, peony, Fawang, cherry, flower and fruit, rose, black pine, bamboo garden and native tree species.

Suzhou China Flower and Botanical Garden

Suzhou China Flower and botanical garden is a national 3A tourist attraction. It is composed of 28 special flower gardens (corners) including Rhododendron, tea plum, hibiscus, peony, cherry, flower and fruit, rose, black pine, bamboo garden and native tree species. It has introduced more than 1800 varieties and more than 1 million rare flowers from all over the world suitable for cultivation in Xiangcheng. It is a collection of flowers in the world and the largest scale in East China "Jiangnan garden" in Suzhou and "natural oxygen bar" in the north of Suzhou.

The construction of flower and Botanical Garden adapts measures to local conditions. According to the characteristics of various land conditions in the garden, aquatic, mesophytic and xerophytic plants are planted respectively to create rich and changeable botanical garden landscape and achieve good ecological effects.

Historical development

Since the establishment of Xiangcheng District in Suzhou, green ecological planning has been carried out with the theme of original ecology, and the urban green coverage rate has exceeded 40%. In June 2006, the second party congress of Suzhou District put forward the new idea of building a "Flower City", seizing the opportunity of Suzhou city's northward expansion, speeding up the construction of ecological protection areas, ecological corridors and ecological green belts along roads, lakes and rivers, speeding up the pace of three-dimensional greening and planting flowers and plants, so that Xiangcheng has flowers every season and becomes a landscape everywhere. 496 square kilometers has become a landscape of "forest in the distance and garden in the near" Freehand brushwork, with the attitude of ecological city and human settlement paradise, integrates into the central urban area of Suzhou at full speed. The flower and botanical garden is a big hand in the construction of Xiangcheng "Flower City". At the end of 2006, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences was invited to plan and design the first flower and botanical garden in Suzhou in the southwest of eco agricultural park. After more than a year of construction, the flower and botanical garden was opened to the public in early March 2008, and was selected as the first eco-tourism special line of Suzhou by Suzhou CYTS.

Suzhou China Flower and botanical garden is the largest and most comprehensive flower and botanical garden in East China. It was rated as national AAA tourist attraction in 2010.

In 2010, more than one million tourists went for leisure and sightseeing and accepted popular science knowledge.

geographical environment

Suzhou China Flower and botanical garden is located in the ecological agriculture demonstration park of Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, on the west side of suyuzhang Road, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province,

Xiangcheng District sun Road North, Guangji North Road East.

plant resources

Covering an area of 2000 mu, the flower botanical garden is a collection of flowers in the world and the largest "hundred flowers garden" in East China. It is composed of 18 special corner and special garden, including Rhododendron, camellia, hibiscus and peony. It has introduced more than 130 species, more than 2000 varieties and more than 1 million valuable flowers from all over the world suitable for cultivation in Xiangcheng.

The garden has built 63 special flower gardens (corners) including azalea, camellia, hibiscus, peony, Fawang, cherry, flower and fruit, rose, black pine, bamboo garden and native tree species. According to different seasons, the theme flower exhibitions of tulip, peony, Rhododendron and Lagerstroemia indica will be held in the park. More than 100000 tulips and 10000 peonies were planted in the garden.

The flower and botanical garden has specially opened up the "king of flowers corner" of Zhenyuan, and 58 "king of flowers" have been found from all over the world, including Lagerstroemia indica and Loropetalum chinense, Osmanthus fragrans, chamei and chuisi Begonia, pomegranate and cherry, bottle jujube, Hibiscus syriacus and loquat over 100 years old, Osmanthus fragrans over 80 years old, chamei and chuisi Begonia over 60 years old, Chinese yew over 50 years old, Chinese date, Hibiscus syriacus and loquat over 40 years old, and Taxus which are listed as the first . In order to increase the amusement, the flower and botanical garden has also built a cherry blossom Avenue with a total length of 2 kilometers running through the north and south. Along the road, tea rooms and rest pavilions have been built, and sightseeing boats around the garden have been developed, so that tourists can enjoy another style of "hundred flowers garden" on the water.

The construction of the botanical garden adapts measures to local conditions. According to the characteristics of various land conditions in the garden, aquatic, mesophytic and xerophytic plants are planted respectively to create a rich and varied botanical garden landscape and achieve good ecological effects. Since its establishment, the flower and botanical garden has expanded its publicity and influence through various channels, such as national tourism fair, characteristic Flower Festival, Xiangcheng District Tourism Promotion Conference, media activities and so on, which has continuously improved the popularity of the botanical garden.

There are nearly 1000 kinds of flowers and trees and shrubs planted in the flower and botanical garden, including apricot, Magnolia, Begonia, cherry, peony, Rhododendron and other flower gardens and foliage viewing tree areas, which can blossom every month and enjoy the flowers every season. Especially in the warm spring, flowers and trees all over the park are blooming and interweaved to form a colorful sea of flowers. Next week, one hundred thousand tulips will greet visitors with a warm smile. Next to the winding path between the lawns under the flower trees, tulip flowers will bloom quietly, competing with each other and overflowing with fragrance. Cherry blossoms are flying in time and space, the ground is colorful, and you are in a romantic fairy tale world. Stroll among the flowers and feel the spring. During the flower season from March to may, you can enjoy the early blooming of Magnolia and spring rain of apricot blossom; the red makeup of Begonia and the brilliant peach blossom; the cherry blossom and peony national color; the fragrance of Michelia and azalea; the beauty of golden ribbon, the snow of Qionghua and the romance of rose. The spring flowers in the garden are gradually opening, and the whole flowering period can last until the middle and late May.

Main attractions

Kao Kok

Huawangjiao is the town garden of the botanical garden. There are 330 huawangjiao trees more than 100 years old planted in the garden, each of which has been transplanted from all over the country through hardships. There are Lagerstroemia indica king over 1100 years old, Tangdi over 800 years old, chongyangmu over 880 years old, mulberry over 500 years old, Gleditsia sinensis over 400 years old, Osmanthus fragrans king over 400 years old, acanthopanax senticosus over 380 years old, Lagerstroemia indica over 310 years old, etc. Myrtle king is located in the southeast corner of the park. The tree is more than one thousand years old. It was transplanted from Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan Province. The diameter of the trunk is more than 2 meters, and there is a tree hole more than 1 meter high at the root. The unique tree shape is rare in the world. It can be called the "treasure of town garden" of the botanical garden.

Wuting mountain

Located in the west of the botanical garden, Wuting mountain is an artificial mountain with a total investment of 25 million yuan. The first phase of the project has been completed. The mountain is 30 meters high, and a five in one viewing Pavilion is built on the top of the mountain, which means "abundant grain". The top of the mountain offers a panoramic view of the botanical garden. The completion of the first phase of Wuting mountain makes up for the lack of water and mountains in Xiangcheng District, and also adds another good place for the botanical garden. The height of the second phase of the mountain is 40 meters. The mountain has been built. Now the greening and related supporting facilities are under construction. It will be opened to the public in October 2013.

Exhibition hall

The 8000 M2 flower landscape greenhouse exhibition hall will be built in the flower botanical garden, which is composed of three hemispherical landscape greenhouse flower exhibition halls with a building area of 5000 m2, 2000 m2 and 1000 m2 respectively. After completion, the greenhouse exhibition hall will be the largest in East China, preparing to introduce the world's rare tropical, desert, polar alpine and subalpine flowers, overcoming the seasonal restrictions on flowers, and truly realizing the botanical garden's desire of "flowers in the moon" and tourists' desire of "flowers in the four Seasons".

Tourism information

transit

Take No.5, No.7, No.88, No.812, no.816 to Xiangcheng District and transfer to no.805 directly. Take No.72, no.814 to the East stop of Hejing village, Guangji North Road and get off. Go south for about 300 meters to Yuanzhong Avenue and get in and out from the north gate.

Self driving

(1) Direction of Suzhou urban area: urban area → suyuzhang → turn left to Yuanzhong avenue to the West

(2) Shanghai, Nanjing direction: Shanghai Nanjing Expressway Suzhou exit → Xiangcheng Avenue → Yangchenghu West Road → suyuzhang → turn left Yuanzhong avenue to the west to reach the north gate of the botanical garden

(3) Hangzhou direction: Suzhou Jiahang Expressway to Shanghai Nanjing Expressway, Suzhou exit → Xiangcheng Avenue → Yangchenghu West Road → suyuzhang → turn left Yuanzhong avenue to the west to reach the north gate of the botanical garden

Address: Taiyang Road, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou

Longitude: 120.59827041626

Latitude: 31.41987081176

Traffic information: bus line: no.805 can go directly to the park, no.806 can reach the scenic spot from the Eco Park farmers market station; No.79, 82, 851, 825 can get off at Shengtian station, and one stop to the East can reach the scenic spot.

Ticket information: 25 RMB

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