Shanghai Botanical Garden

The annual "Hanlan Exhibition" of Shanghai Botanical Garden lasts from November 28 to December 15. As soon as you enter the orchid room exhibition hall of Shanghai Botanical Garden, the room is full of green and green. The orchid in the orchid room is mainly national orchid, not tropical orchid. The national orchid is light in color, thin in body, and not full-bodied in flowers. Therefore, in the "Hanlan Exhibition", we should appreciate the shape and fragrance of orchids. There are nearly 200 kinds of orchids and more than 200 pots of orchids standing side by side for visitors to enjoy.

Shanghai Botanical Garden has 17 parks, including bonsai garden, peony garden, osmanthus garden, rose garden, Maple Garden, pine and cypress garden, herb garden, bamboo garden, orchid room, etc. it is one of the favorite scenic spots for photography lovers in Shanghai. Among them, bonsai garden is one of the largest bonsai gardens in the world, and cherry blossom area in rose garden is the most concentrated area of Cherry Blossom planting in Shanghai.

Shanghai Botanical Garden

Located in the southwest of Xuhui District, Shanghai Botanical Garden, formerly known as Longhua nursery, is a comprehensive botanical garden focusing on plant introduction, domestication and exhibition, horticultural research and popular science education. It was planned to be built in 1974 and officially built on January 1, 1980, covering an area of 81.86 hectares. There are 15 special gardens in the exhibition area, including plant evolution area, bonsai garden, herbal garden, exhibition greenhouse, orchid room and green demonstration area.

Shanghai Botanical Garden is a national AAAA tourist attraction. In 1996, Shanghai Botanical Garden was named as the most favorite destination for outings by overseas residents in Shanghai. In 2000, it was also named as a good place for "June 1" in the new millennium.

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Historical evolution

Longhua nursery, the predecessor of Shanghai Botanical Garden, was built in 1954 and is famous for its extensive collection of precious bonsai. In 1972, Shanghai landscape management office began to study the gradual transformation of Longhua nursery into a botanical garden. In the autumn of the next year, the design team of the botanical garden completed the planning scheme of the botanical garden, which was approved by Shanghai Revolutionary Committee on March 5, 1974. Construction began immediately. By the beginning of 1978, the park had begun to take shape and was partially opened on April 1. On New Year's day in 1980, the preparatory group of Shanghai Botanical Garden was abolished and officially named Shanghai Botanical Garden.

In 1984, the first phase of the botanical garden project was completed, with a total investment of 10.2839 million yuan. After 1981, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government approved the conversion of part of the land in Gongqing nursery, Longhua Park and Wusong park to other uses to compensate for the land adjacent to the botanical garden. Therefore, from 1984 to 1987, the second phase of the project was implemented on the new land, with a total investment of 6.4859 million yuan.

On September 20, 2009, the infrastructure reconstruction project of Shanghai Botanical Garden was started. From November 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010, Shanghai Botanical Garden was closed for renovation. The project is the first large-scale infrastructure reconstruction after the construction of the park.

Introduction to exhibition area

The exhibition and sightseeing area of Shanghai Botanical Garden is about 600000 square meters. The exhibition area did not copy the usual division method of general botanical garden, which not only publicized the scientific knowledge of plants, but also showed the colorful landscape. The park is divided into four exhibition areas, including plant evolution, environmental protection, artificial ecology and greening demonstration, and Huangdaopo temple tourist area. Each area is divided into several districts. Each district takes special plants as the main scenery, with landscape architecture sketches, forming a landscape with different artistic conception and plant seasonal characteristics.

Plant evolutionary region

The plant evolution area is located in the middle of the garden, covering an area of 322000 square meters, accounting for 62% of the exhibition area of the whole garden. The north, West and south of the area are surrounded by the river, and the meandering water in the area lingers back and gathers in the center to form an aquatic plant pool. Around the pool are fern garden, pine and cypress garden, magnolia garden, peony garden, Rhododendron Garden, rose garden, Maple Garden, osmanthus garden and bamboo garden. The terrain in the area is undulating, with pavilions, corridors, pavilions, flowers and grasslands.

Plant building

The botanical building is located in the south of the central part of the garden, in the center of the whole garden. There is a trunk road in the East leading to the southeast gate of the garden. The building is a two-story modern exhibition hall with a mixed structure, covering an area of 4420 square meters.

On the first floor of the building, there are two pavilions, "the origin of life" and "the evolution of plants", which show the origin of life and the evolutionary process of plants from scratch, from low to high with model boxes and specimen pictures. The second floor is equipped with a science popularization report hall and a plant exhibition hall. The north and west sides of the plant building are composed of tall trees such as Cinnamomum camphora, juniper, gingko and Osmanthus fragrans. There is a pool in the center of the garden on the south side. The stone revetment of Taihu Lake is surrounded by Huangxin. Southeast through the water platform across the lake and environmental protection plant area.

Aquatic plant pool

The aquatic plant pool is located in the southwest of the center of the plant evolution area, covering an area of 7080 square meters. There is a double slope open corridor waterside pavilion on the West Bank of the pool, with a reinforced concrete structure, covering an area of 105 square meters. Water lily, lotus, Euryale ferox seed, scallion and other aquatic plants are planted in the pool.

Fern Garden

Fern garden is located in the east of aquatic plant pool, covering an area of 12000 square meters. There is a double roof umbrella shaped canopy in the park, with a reinforced concrete structure, covering an area of 430 square meters. There are 10 kinds of ferns in the garden, such as Adiantum, Pteris pinnatifida, Dryopteris, Guanzhong, haijinsha, etc.

Pine and cypress Garden

Pine and cypress garden is located in the northeast of aquatic plant pool, covering an area of 83000 square meters. There are 54 species of gymnosperms such as cedar, Pinus bungeana, juniper, juniper, Podocarpus, Torreya grandis, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Larix kaempferi, Taxodium ascendens, Cryptomeria nipponica, etc.

Mulan Garden

Mulan garden is located between pine and cypress garden and aquatic plant pool, covering an area of 15000 square meters. In the garden, there is a round Pavilion of Magnolia type with reinforced concrete structure, covering an area of 28.2 square meters. There are 36 Magnoliaceae plants in the garden, such as Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia erqiaoensis, Magnolia guangyuensis, Magnolia huangshaniensis, Magnolia Tianmu, Liriodendron chinense, Michelia Lechang, etc.

Peony Garden

Peony garden is located in the north of aquatic plant pool, covering an area of 36000 square meters. Peony Pavilion, peony hall and corridor are built in the park, which are all imitations of Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings with brick and wood structure, covering an area of 16 square meters, 54 square meters and 72.5 square meters respectively.

There are 150 varieties of peony and nearly ten thousand peony plants in the garden, among which there are Yao Huang, Wei Zi, the first case red, Kunshan night light, flesh red, ziqiao, Luoyang red, big brown purple, yulouchun, Wulong womochi, Chenyu, Ziban, etc. In April and may every year, peony and peony are in full bloom, and the garden is full of colorful flowers, making it the best place to enjoy peony in Shanghai. There are 86 kinds of trees and shrubs in the garden, such as Cinnamomum camphora, laurel, Elaeocarpus, Tilia amurensis, Eucommia ulmoides, Ulmus pumila and Liquidambar formosana.

Rhododendron Garden

Rhododendron Garden is located in the northwest of aquatic plant pool, covering an area of 34000 square meters. There are more than 5000 rhododendrons planted in the park, including spring Rhododendron, summer Rhododendron, white Rhododendron, Western Rhododendron and Yunjin Rhododendron. There is a reinforced concrete Gallery in the south of the garden, covering an area of 75.4 square meters. There are two kinds of kiwifruit and seven plants on the side of the gallery. Northwest of the garden is a persimmon forest. In the north, the main plants are Sinojackia japonica, Jasminum indicum, Fraxinus simonii, saishanmei, chuaizhuhua, etc.

Rose Garden

Rose garden is located in the south of aquatic plant pool, covering an area of 34000 square meters. The park has a reinforced concrete structure of the corridor rose scaffolding, an area of 166.3 square meters. There are 97 kinds of Rosaceae and legume plants in the garden, such as Malus pendula, cherry blossom, plum blossom, peach blossom, Tangli, hawthorn, Bauhinia and Albizia. There are 150 varieties of rose and nearly 10000 plants. Except in the middle of winter, the garden is full of flowers.

Maple Garden

Maple Garden is located in the west of aquatic plant pool, covering an area of 50000 square meters. There is a 1480 square meter pool in the east of the garden, and 1300 square meters of lawn is laid around the pool. The red cloud Pavilion on the north side of the pool is of brick and wood structure, with four high corners and a sharp top of green tiles, covering an area of 12.25 square meters.

Aceraceae is the main plant in the garden, with more than 160 plants. On the north slope of hongyunting, Cornus plants are planted, with green trees and white flowers in spring. Trees and shrubs such as Lagerstroemia indica, Zhejiang Lagerstroemia indica, pomegranate, Koelreuteria paniculata and Sapindus mukorossi are planted in Lagerstroemia indica area in the west of the garden. The southeast part of the garden covers an area of 460 square meters, with vines as the main plants, such as grape, thorn grape, kiwi vine, Celastrus orbiculatus, etc. In the East and south of the park, covering an area of 10000 square meters, red maple, feather maple, camphor leaf maple, Chinese maple and Luofu maple are planted, together with Cotinus coggygria, Rhus typhina and Sapium sebiferum. In late autumn, the layers of forest are all dyed, which is pleasing to the eye.

Osmanthus garden

Osmanthus garden is located in the south of rose garden, covering an area of 19000 square meters. There is a chrysanthemum art gallery in the park, with a mixed structure and an area of 112 square meters. There are 86 kinds of plants in the garden, such as Osmanthus fragrans, Ligustrum lucidum, Carpinus guangyuanensis, Fraxinus chinensis, Syringa oblongata, honeysuckle, hydrangea, Podocarpus acutissima, and broccoli.

Bamboo Garden

Bamboo garden is located in the east of osmanthus garden, covering an area of 32000 square meters. In the park, there is a bamboo building imitating Dai's, which is built on the stream. It is a steel pipe imitating bamboo structure, covering an area of 64 square meters. There are 85 kinds of bamboo in the garden, such as Xiaoshun bamboo, Gangzhu, Zaoyuan bamboo, niaoyuji bamboo, jinxiangyuzhu, Zizhu, etc.

Artificial ecological zone

The artificial ecological zone is located in the southeast of Shanghai Botanical Garden, covering an area of 116000 square meters. The terrain in the area is flat, and two East-West main roads in the park cross the north and south.

Herb garden

The herb garden is located in the southeast of the artificial ecological zone, covering an area of 20000 square meters. It's all around

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