Covering 81.86 hectares, the garden has a renowned penjing garden,[1] as well as collections of magnolias, roses, azaleas, peonies, conifers, maples, osmanthus and bamboo.[1]
The Shanghai Botanical Garden was established in 1974, and is located on the site of Longhua Nursery.[1] The largest municipal botanic garden in China, it has won prizes in the Netherlands and Canada with plant displays.[2] The garden is a member of Botanic Gardens Conservation International.[3]
Covering 81.86 hectares, the garden has a diverse collection of Chinese plants,[1] including 3500 species of local regional flora from the Middle and Lower Yangtze River are located in the gardens.[4]
The Penjing Garden was established in 1978 and is 4 hectares (9.9 acres) in size.[5] A penjing museum was added in 1995.[5] The 5000 square metre Tropicarium was opened to the public in 2001. It is a conservatory with 3500 species of tropical and subtropical plant.[6]
The Bamboo Garden was established in 1978 and has 74 species of bamboo across its 3.6 hectares.[9] The 5.33 hectares of the Conifer Garden contain 280 species and varieties of conifer.[10]
The garden employs a hundred horticultural staff, ten educational staff and thirty research staff.[3]
^ abcdValder, Peter (2002). Gardens in China. Glebe, NSW: Florilegium. pp. 251–52. ISBN1-876314-13-3.
^Zhou, Lijing (2006). "Botanical Gardens in China"(PDF). Department of Agriculture website. Nacogdoches, Texas: Stephen F. Austin State University. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
