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Shanghai Botanical Garden is recommended as a place to enjoy flowers in Shanghai.

Located in the southwest of Xuhui District, Shanghai Botanical Garden, formerly Longhua Nursery, is a comprehensive botanical garden focusing on plant introduction and domestication, horticultural research and popular science education. 1974 started construction, and 1980+0 officially built the garden, covering an area of 8 1.86 hectares. There are 15 characteristic gardens in the exhibition area, including plant evolution area, bonsai garden, herb garden, exhibition greenhouse, orchid room and greening demonstration area.

Shanghai Botanical Garden is a national AAAA tourist attraction. 1996, Shanghai Botanical Garden was rated as the favorite outing destination by overseas people living in Shanghai, and in 2000 it was rated as the "June 1st" good place in the new millennium.

Longhua Nursery, the predecessor of Shanghai Botanical Garden, was built in 1954 and is famous for its large collection of precious bonsai. 65438-0972, Shanghai Garden Management Office began to study the gradual transformation of Longhua Nursery into a botanical garden.

In the autumn of the following year, the design team completed the planning scheme of the Botanical Garden, which was approved by the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee on March 5, 1974. The renovation will begin soon. By the beginning of 1978, the park had begun to take shape and was partially opened in April 1 day. On New Year's Day 1980, the preparatory group of Shanghai Botanical Garden was cancelled and officially named Shanghai Botanical Garden.

Plant evolution is located in the middle of the exhibition garden, covering an area of 322,000 square meters, accounting for 62% of the whole exhibition area. The north, west and south of the area are surrounded by rivers, and the winding water in the area gathers in the center to form an aquatic plant pond. There are fern garden, pine and cypress garden, Yulan Park, peony garden, rhododendron garden, rose garden, maple garden, osmanthus garden and bamboo garden around the pond. The terrain in the area is undulating, pavilions and flowers complement each other.