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What is the best garden you have ever been to?

I have been enjoying all the small community gardens and parks here in London. They are clean and well kept and lovely little respites from the city. In New York we have the epic Central Park; in San Francisco we had Golden Gate park and the Botanical Gardens. What is an amazing green space in your area? Or a place you have visited anywhere in the world that is a standout in your memory?

 

Below are pictures of the Calthorpe Project, opened in London in 1984. This community garden has a cafe, sports area, ping pong tables, foosball, barbecue, and a community garden where you can grow or buy food and plants. 

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Calthorpe Project, Grays Inn Road, London, United Kingdom
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National Botanical Garden in Bangladesh

The National Botanical Garden of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh National Herbarium make up the largest plant conservation center in Bangladesh, with an area of around 84 hectares. It is located at Mirpur in Dhaka, beside the Dhaka Zoo. It was established in 1961. It is one of the greatest botanical garden of Bangladesh, a knowledge center for nature lovers and botanists and a tourist destination. The herbarium has a scientific collection of approximately 100,000 preserved specimens of plants.

বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় বোটানিক্যাল গার্ডেন এবং বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনাল হার্বেরিয়াম প্রায় 84 হেক্টর এলাকা নিয়ে বাংলাদেশের সর্ববৃহৎ উদ্ভিদ সংরক্ষণ কেন্দ্র গড়ে তুলেছে। ঢাকা চিড়িয়াখানার পাশে , ঢাকা মিরপুরে অবস্থিত। এটা 1961 সালে প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয় বাংলাদেশ , প্রকৃতি প্রেমীদের এবং উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞানীরা এবং একটি পর্যটক গন্তব্য জন্য একটি জ্ঞানকেন্দ্র সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ বোটানিক্যাল গার্ডেন অন্যতম । হার্বেরিয়াম গাছপালা প্রায় ১০০০০০ সংরক্ষিত নমুনা একটি বৈজ্ঞানিক সংগ্রহ রয়েছে।

নিচে কিছু নাম দেয়া হল।

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  1. Anthurium 
  2. Camphor
  3. Rabbit fern
  4. Dambia
  5. White rangan
  6. Little mussanda
  7. Harhjora
  8. African tulip tree
  9. Sambucas
  10. White Chandan

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Re: National Botanical Garden in Bangladesh

@SajolKDas Thanks a lot 

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Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanic Gardens- Sri Lanka

The latest addition to the botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. It was opened to the public in October 2014.

 

Location of Garden

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The road to the garden is charming. There is a large vehicle park. Parking is free of charge at the moment.

 

Entrance and others Fees

 

Locals

Adults – Rs. 50.00

Senior Citizens (Over 60 years) – Rs. 10.00

Children 5 – 10 years – Rs. 10.00

Children under 5 - Free of Charge

 

Foreigners

Adults – Rs. 1500.00

Children – Rs. 750/-

 

Pre-shoot (Photo Shot)

From 6.00 am – 7.30 am – Rs. 1500.00

After 7.30 – RS. 1000.00 + Tickets / Rs. 1500.00 includes 10 free tickets

 

Pre-shot(Video)

Rs. 7000.00 and two vehicles are allowed inside garden.

 

Flying cameras

Rs. 7000.00

 

The garden is open to public from 7.30 am to 6.00 pm. Ticket issuing will be closed at 5.00pm.

 

There are lot of birds in the garden.

 

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At the top of the garden, there is a rose garden and Ayurvedic sections.

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The facilities in the garden are very good and well maintained. The toilets are cleaned. The canteen provides snacks, tea and soft drinks. If you want to order lunch, you have to inform the canteen in advance.

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Fish in the lake near canteen

 

 

 

 

There is an electrical car service, which can be rent out by visitors.

 

Charges for Electrical Vehicles

3 Seater – Rs. 500.00

7 Seater – Rs. 1000.00

 

This is a very good location for wedding photography and it is already popular among local wedding photographer.(The model in the following photos was hired for photo shot by us.)

 

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Re: Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanic Gardens- Sri Lanka

How @AnuradhaP.

What a nice garden. You did a great detailed reporting.

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Hakgala Botanical Garden, Nuwaraeliya, Sri Lanka

Botanic Gardens at Hakgala were established in 1861 for the purpose of experimentation and promotion of Cinchona cultivation in Sri Lanka. The gardens lying in the hill country among Sri Lanka’s tea plantations in the Nuwara Eliya district are located along the Badulla Road, 9.5 km South-east of Nuwara Eliya, the popular holiday resort.

 

Situated at an elevation of about 1745 m above mean sea level, Hakgala Botanic Gardens, about 28 hectares in extent, lie under the shadow of the Hakgala Rock (meaning “Elephant’s jaw rock”). This massive rock towers to a height of about 2,200m behind the gardens and the surrounding forest reserve like a solitary giant. The gardens take the shape of several terraces upon the lower slopes of the rock and face the Uva Valley, across which some magnificent views of the Madulsima and the Namunukula range of mountains are seen in the distant landscape. The climate of the Gardens is subtropical, cool, fresh and some what similar to an alpine atmosphere. The temperature ranges from 3°C to 15° C. While the lowest recorded was 3° C. The gardens receive rainfall from two monsoons. The South West from May to August and the North East from October to December, the annual average rainfall being about 2300 mm.

 

Following photos were taken during my recent visit(December 19, 2016) to Hakgala. This is the off-season in Nuwaraeliya.

 

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During the South west monsoon gusts of strong winds blow across the Gardens towards the Uva Valley, making weird sounds. During October to December. When thick mist envelope the gardens, heavy downpours of rain falls more frequent in the afternoon and evenings. The best time to see the gardens is probably from about mid March to the end of April, popularly known as the Nuwara Eliya seasons. The gardens put up their best display of temperate annual flowers, Roses and Orchids during this period.

 

The flora of the gardens is distinctly sub tropical and consists of representatives of the indigenous, montane flora intermingled with those introduced from other subtropical countries, systematically planted in various sections of the gardens.

 


Entrance Fee for Overseas Tourist

Adult & child (elder than 12) 1500(Rs)
Child (younger than 12) 750(Rs)
School & University Student (Must have proof) 1000(Rs)

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Re: Hakgala Botanical Garden, Nuwaraeliya, Sri Lanka

Very nice photos. Detailed pictures of flowers I like. Thanks for the interesting information and sharing this place.

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Re: Hakgala Botanical Garden, Nuwaraeliya, Sri Lanka

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Awesome "Brindavan Gardens"

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Re: Awesome "Brindavan Gardens"

Hi @SUMIRA, would you like to share your experiences at Brindavan Gardens? 🙂

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