Botanical Gardens of Sri Lanka

Henarathgoda Botanical Garden is located near Gampaha, about 450 m away from Gampaha railway station, on Gampaha-Minuwangoda main road. It was founded in 1876 by the British to conduct operations on exotic industrial plants such as Rubber and explore plant wealth and expansion of the economy in the territory. The garden consists of a broad type of plants, and many of them are from each corner of the tropical climatic zones and includes the land of 43 acres. The prime imported rubber tree to Sri Lanka was first settled in this garden. It held the first seedlings of Brazilian rubber…

Dry Zone Botanic Gardens in Mirijjawila is the leading botanic garden in Sri Lanka designed by local experts. The primary botanic garden built after Botanic Garden at Gampaha was built 130 years ago. This premier botanic garden in Sri Lanka began in a semi-arid zone to maintain semi-arid and dry zone plants ex-situ as one of the primary objectives. The other main goals are to conduct studies on plants and promote economic development in the region. Dry Zone Botanic Gardens is the most comprehensive botanic garden in Sri Lanka in terms of space, and the size is 300 acres. An…

Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanic Garden was established in Sri Lanka, serving as an observation region and a protected zone for exposed and defenceless endemic plant species in the Sinharaja Rain Forest region. This field also forms enhanced exportation floriculture, ex-situ conservation of wet lowland plants, and bamboo cultivation. The park was opened to the public in late October 2014, and it is the most newly constructed botanical garden in Sri Lanka.

Haggala Botanic Gardens were established in 1861 to experiment and improve Cinchona cultivation in Sri Lanka. The fields in the hill country among Sri Lanka’s tea plantations in the Nuwara Eliya district are placed along Badulla Road, 9.5 km southeast of Nuwara Eliya. Abode at an elevation of about 1745 m above means sea level; Hakgala Botanic Gardens, about 28 hectares in area, lie under the darkness of the Hakgala Rock. This large rock towers to a height of about 2,200m behind the gardens and the neighbouring forest reserve like a lonely giant. The gardens take the shape of several…

Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens was established back in 1843, and these delightful gardens were planted by British Colonialist leaders aback when the Kingdom of Kandy was under their power. Among its long and impressive history, twisted with colonialism and technical development, the garden is viewed as a vital national asset for the island of Sri Lanka. Over 4000 species of flowers, including a vast collection of colourful orchids, medicinal plants, spices, palm trees, and more, these gardens attract nearly 2 million visitors annually. Significantly adding to floriculture, butterfly and birdlife conservation, and concentrating on the island's sustainability and biodiversity, Peradeniya…