Shanghai Plans New Botanic Garden

Shanghai plans to build a new botanic garden in suburban Songjiang District. The current Shanghai Botanical Garden is surrounded by buildings and has no room for expansion. The new garden will cover 210 hectares, an area three and a half times that of the existing garden.

Plans for the world-class botanic garden feature plants arranged in separate scenic regions by colour.

A centre for the protection of endangered species will display a collection of some the world’s rarest plants.

Link: City plans new botanic garden from Chinadaily

Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 5:31 PM on January 28, 2005

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