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If you are looking forward towards cleansing your lungs and relaxing your eyes with natural remedies, then a tour through the Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Gardens in Hong Kong is just what you need. Far from the rush and bustle of urban Hong Kong, the Kadoorie farm and Botanical Gardens in Hong Kong is a real breather. Its primary concern is to propagate ‘organic farming'. However, it does not restrict itself to only this particular function. In certain terms, the farm also serves as a nature reserve for both exotic and native flora and fauna. In fact, the Kadoorie farm and Botanical Gardens have facilities that tend to injured or other animals and birds that have been rescued. Mostly referred to as the ‘Kadoorie Farm' in common conversation, the Kadoorie farm and Botanical Gardens in Hong Kong was initially named “Kadoorie Experimental and Extension Farm”. The Kadoorie farm and Botanical Gardens in Hong Kong is located in the central region of the New Territories. It spreads over the valley of the northern slope of the Tai Mo Shan Mountain. The word farm is often misleading for the place that is more a biodiversity sanctuary; but the place actually started off as a farm to assist farmers with low means to develop crop and livestock quality. It was set up in 1951 by two brothers – Lord Lawrence Kadoorie and Sir Horace Kadoorie. However, it was not until five years later that their plantations in the valley and woodlands became an ‘Association' of sorts; it became the Kadoorie “Agricultural Aid Association” in 1956. The Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Gardens in Hong Kong attained government recognition on the 20 th of January 1995; thus constituting the “Kadoorie Farm and botanical Garden Corporation”. Henceforth, the farm saw a huge move towards conservational activities and creation of a biodiversity. However, the attractions and charms of the Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Gardens in Hong Kong are not restricted to merely its flora and fauna. The park farm has several scenic sights and natural formations to take your breath away. The entire place is a living breathing legacy of the Kadoorie brothers. To make it on foot is the best and also the most difficult option of traversing this 148 hectare large farm. The other mode of transport in the premises is the shuttle bus that takes you from the Farm Produce Sales Counter and tours around the farm, stopping at significant attractions. Aside of the butterfly garden, beautiful orchid garden and other flowers, quaint livestock farm, animal enclosures for deer, wildcats and others, crystal streams abounding in fishes, water-fowl enclosure and other avian enclosures for birds of prey and owls, the Kadoorie farm and Botanical gardens in Hong Kong also has natural and man-made beauties like the Great Fall which is a deviation of the larger Ng Tung Chai waterfalls, the moon arch that leads to another attraction – the Kadoorie Brothers Memorial Pavilion, the statue of Kwun Yam Shan 'Goddess of Mercy' and the beautiful Rainbow Pavilion. There is also a souvenir shop within the premises called the Farm Shop that sells organically grown vegetables and fruits and potted plants and many other such things which you can pick up.
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