Location Wo Fo Si Road Xiangshan, Beijing, ChinaEntry Fee 5 Yuan Built in 1955, Beijing Botanical Garden is one of the most popular Beijing Parks & gardens. Opened with a purpose to collect plants from North, Northeast and North-west China, Beijing Botanical Garden is a home to more than 6,000 different plant species. The popularity of Beijing Botanical Garden is evident in the fact that it was evaluated as Grade AAAA national tourist attraction in 2000. Not only this it was awarded the ISO9000 quality management system and ISO14000 environment management system certificates in 2002. Spread over an area of 56.4 hectares, Beijing Botanical Garden is said to be cultivating 6,000 plant species that includes 2,000 types of frees and bushes, 1,620 kinds of tropical and subtropical plants, 1,900 types of fruit trees and 500 flower species. Apart from this the garden comprises of a number of exhibition districts and halls like the tree garden, a perennial bulb garden, a wild fruit resources district, a rose garden, a traditional Chinese medical herb garden, a water and vine plant district, an endangered plant district, exhibition greenhouses and a peony garden. When describing the Beijing Botanical Garden, one can't forget talking about the main highlight the hothouse exhibition that takes place in 13 different rooms. These rooms are filled with different plant species, like the first room is filled with the palms, the second with tropical aquatic plants, third one with commercial plants and so on. The spectacular exhibition of the ornamental plants is also not to be missed. Get to know more about the Beijing Botanical Garden during Sightseeing in Beijing. AsiaRooms provide information regarding Beijing Botanical Garden. For more information on Beijing visit the relevant web links on AsiaRooms.
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