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Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. In 2016, the garden was visited by 1.2 million locals and 400,000 foreign visitors. [1] It is near the Mahaweli River (the longest river in Sri Lanka). [2] It is renowned for its collection of orchids.
There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Sri Lanka, most are administered by local governments, and some are privately owned. Hakgala Botanical Garden Henarathgoda Botanical Garden , [ 1 ] 7°06′00″N 79°59′10″E / 7.0999345°N 79.9860853°E / 7.0999345; 79.9860853
It is situated on the A1 main road, a few kilometres west of Kandy city centre. Peradeniya's name is derived from pera and deniya (a plain). [1] Peradeniya is famous for the Royal Botanic Gardens of Peradeniya. [2] It is situated in a slope of the Mahaweli river and attracts many visitors from Sri Lanka as well as from abroad.
The National Herbarium at Peradeniya, near Kandy in the Central province of Sri Lanka, was started in about 1821 by Alexander Moon, who was the director of the Botanical Gardens there. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] References
Hakgala Botanical Garden is one of the five botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. The other four are Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Henarathgoda Botanical Garden, Mirijjawila Botanical Garden and Seetawaka Botanical Garden. It is the second largest botanical garden in Sri Lanka. [1] The garden is contiguous to Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve. [2]
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