Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya is located in close proximity to the city
of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is renowned for the collection
of a variety of Orchids,and has more than 300 varieties of Orchids, spices,
medicinal plants and palms trees attach it is the National Herbarium. Total land
mass of the botanical garden is 147 acres (0.59 km2), 460 Meters above sea
level with a 200 day annual rain fall, it is managed by the Division of National
Botanic Gardens of the Department of Agriculture.
[edit]History
The Classical Avenue of Palms is located in this Garden. One tree with a
significant history is the Cannon ball Tree planted by King George V of the
look like Cannon Balls, which is how it came to be named.The origins of the
Botanic Gardens dates as far back as 1371 when King Wickramabahu III
ascended the throne and kept court at Peradeniya near Mahaweli river, this
was followed by King Kirti Sri and King Rajadhi Rajasinghe. A temple was built
on this location by King Wimala Dharma but it was destroyed by the British
when they were given control over the Kandyan Kingdom. Thereafter the
ground work for a Botanical Garden were formed by Mr Alexandar Moon in
1821. Botanical Garden at Peradeniya were formally established and plants
from Kew Garden at Slave island, Colombo and from the Kalutara Garden in
Kalutara were moved up until 1843. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya
was made more independent and expanded under Mr George Gardner as its
superintendent in 1844. The gardens came under the administration of the
Department of Agriculture when it was established in 1912.
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