Royal Botanical Garden District, Sydney

"The Royal Botanical Garden in Sydney covers an area of 30 hectares and has four parks, namely the Lower Garden, the Middle Garden, the Palace Garden and the Banneron District. There are also many smaller characteristic gardens and a large lawn area dotted with them. In addition, there are buildings and landscapes such as the Governor's House, the Sydney Conservatory of Music, the Colosseum, the South Wales National Herbarium, the handmade sandstone seawall, and Mrs. Macaulay's chair. "

First, the basic situation:

The Royal Botanical Garden in Sydney was established in 18 16 under the auspices of then Governor Macaulay, covering an area of 24 hectares. It was originally the first farm in Australia, adjacent to the Sydney Opera House and the Central Business District. It attracts more than 3 million tourists every year. The suitable local climatic conditions are very conducive to the collection of plants in the botanical garden. The Botanical Garden displays more than 7,000 kinds of tropical and subtropical plants, many of which were introduced from abroad during the colonial period. Plant identification provides historical information collected by plants, and characteristic parks are a portrayal of the history of botanical gardens. The main buildings and facilities of the park are: Palace Garden, Palm Garden, Fern Area, First Farm, Lowland Garden, Exhibition Greenhouse, South Wales National Herbarium, etc. It attracts a large number of tourists every year. "

More than 7000 species of tropical and subtropical plants are collected and displayed here.

More than 140 species of palm plants are collected and displayed here.

More than 6,543,800 plant specimens were collected and displayed here.

There are 1853 Queensland Cowley planted here;

There are 1770 plant specimens collected by British Botanist Bank.

From 18 17, the work of collecting, displaying and studying plants began here.

/kloc-In the second half of the 0/9th century, the director here collected and published a Handbook of Plants in New South Wales.

This is the Royal Botanical Garden in Sydney: Australia's oldest botanical research center, an important historical botanical institution in the world, a veritable botanical treasure house and a plant theme park.

Second, the main attractions are introduced

Palace Garden was originally a large Victorian garden palace, which was the venue of the 1879 ~ 1880 International Expo held in Sydney. After 1882 was burned down, the plot became a part of the botanical garden. The most distinctive features of this garden are the memorial fountain and the sunken garden. The former was built to commemorate Governor Philip, while the latter was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the European colony 1938. There is a remnant statue of a garden palace in the center, and all kinds of grass flowers are planted around the flower beds.

Botanical Garden has overcome the actual situation of poor soil, insufficient water resources and even limited funds. Under the leadership of the new leadership, a lot of transformation work has been carried out, which has developed into the scene that people see now. There, you can see the palm-sized orchard butterfly, the wren warbler with a slender tail like a jewel, the white butterfly easily blown away in tropical areas, the two-meter-high Titan konjac flower, the living fossil of the plant kingdom contemporary with dinosaurs, the two-meter-long eel, the blue-tongued lizard, the swamp oak planted in 18 16, and Morton. Let's walk into the Royal Botanical Garden in Sydney and feel its richness and beauty:

1. Haitang Garden

There are many gorgeous flowers native to tropical and subtropical regions, which can be used as flowers and foliage plants.

2. Indigenous people and the first farm

It tells the story of discovering this rich land, shows the history of Katigo, a native of Nepal, and highlights the plants that originally grew here and the first farm built by European immigrants.

3. Government compound

What is displayed here is a more formal landscape, with manicured lawns, large shrubs and government buildings left behind.

4. Vanilla Garden

Vanilla Garden has a wide range of application purposes in the world-cooking, medicine and fragrance, which are all reflected here. There is also a fountain and an imitation sundial.

5. HSBC Oriental Garden

The plants planted here are native to tropical and subtropical regions, such as China, Japanese, Vietnamese, North Korea and Bhutan, many of which were once unable to grow in Australia.

6. Yulin Road

Bypassing the main road, walk on this rainforest road and feel the decisive role of Australian plants in ecological environment protection (half of the plants, animals and indigenous people in the world come from tropical rainforests).

7. Dense roads

On the trail in Luwan, Urum, gardeners recreated various shrubs on the south bank of the harbour with seeds and sawdust, which may be very close to what Mrs Macquarie saw in 18 16.

8. Green terraces

Here is a green terrace, where ornamental grass, ground cover plants and old and new subtropical plants can be freely combined.

9. Palm grove

Palm forest was built in 185 1 year and 1862. Now it is one of the best palm groves in the world and one of the most distinctive and oldest gardens in the Botanical Garden. 19 collected a wide variety of wild plants from 1920s to 1950s, and there are several ancient tree species in the Royal Botanical Garden. More than 140 species of palm plants were collected and displayed, including Livistona australis, the most common plant in Australia, whose shoots are edible and leaves can be used to make straw hats. The planting area is bordered by Clivia, and spring is the best viewing season. In addition, you can also enjoy some towering old trees, which were cultivated in the wild by botanists in the 1920s and 1950s. Agathis robusta is planted in 1853, which is the tallest plant in the botanical garden. Other ancient trees include tea trees, Ceylon cinnamon and so on.

10. Pioneer Garden

This sunken garden was built in 1938, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the European invasion of Australia1938, and was built to commemorate the first pioneers who came here.

1 1. Rare Botanical Garden

The morphological characteristics of endangered plant species around the world are displayed here, so that people can know what they can do to protect the living environment of plants as soon as possible.

Rockery garden

This magnificent rockery garden is planted with a large number of Australian wild plants that bloom in spring, such as Australian deciduous shrub Tropi, kangaroo claw, flannel flower, Jimmy lily and daisy, but they are only a small part of Australian plant species.

13. Rose Garden

There are about 1800 kinds of roses in the rose garden, which can definitely provide a gorgeous visual feast for tourists. Roses of various colors are designed into flower beds of various shapes and styles. There are red, pink and white roses in the garden, and the air seems to be filled with romance.

14. Pulp Botanical Garden

Desert landscape is a system composed of color, shape and structure. This garden shows all kinds of acid-tolerant succulent plants that can be planted in the desert.

15. Pteridophyte flora

The fern area adjacent to Palm Garden was built in 1993. It was originally the governor's family garden, and tropical, subtropical and temperate ferns from Australia and around the world were artistically and easily arranged for education and publicity. Recently, the exquisite shading system of steel structure has provided good conditions for growth. Explore where ferns grow, how they are different from other plants, and how old some ferns are.

16. Exhibition greenhouse

The exhibition center consists of two very modern buildings, the tower displays tropical plants in Australia, and the arc building collects tropical plants outside Australia. See, smell and touch these plants from misty mountains and lowland forests, and find more plants from tropical ecosystems, such as exotic plants such as bat flowers, orchids and Qingsuolong. Most of them are rare species introduced from tropical areas with high altitude or low topography in the world.

17. Maisong Garden in the Valley

This super-old tree species is one of the rarest plants in the world, and only three adult trees have been found in New South Wales.

18. Tea room

Here, you will see many kinds of camellia, many of which are hybrids.

19. First Farm

The first crops in the colonial period were planted in this area. Now it is divided into 14 parallel planting beds, some of which are still showing the style of the farm at that time, and some are planted with plants arranged by the family. Rhododendron and begonia are also collected here.

20. Go to the garden

Xiahuayuan is the reclamation area of Farm Bay in19th century. A series of waterfalls and lakes have been formed by damming the river in the park, and Mexican Taxodium ascendens and Ficus microcarpa have been planted by the lake.

2 1. National Herbarium of South Wales

The National Herbarium of South Wales is one of the two largest herbarium in Australia, which mainly collects Australian plants. There are about 6.5438 0.70 million specimens, including some collected by joseph banks in 654.38 0.770.

Three. travel information

Opening hours: from April to September morning 10 to 4 pm; 10 March next year 10 to 6 pm.

Ticket price: free.

Best time: The Australian season is just the opposite of China in the northern hemisphere. All the year round: spring from September to165438+1October, summer from February to February, autumn from March to May, and winter from June to August. The inland areas of Australia are basically desert areas. In summer, the daytime temperature often exceeds 40℃, which is very dry and difficult to travel. The daytime temperature in winter is 25 ~ 28℃, which is very comfortable and is the best season for sightseeing. However, people who travel in winter should pay attention to the low temperature at night. In the coldest time, the temperature can drop by 5 ~ 6℃ at night, so they must bring sweaters and coats.