Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden is located in the northeast suburd of Shenzhen, with Wutong Mountain, the highest peak in Shenzhen, in the east and Shenzhen reservoir in the west. The garden was established in 1983 and opened to the public in 1988. It is a renowned botanical garden and scenic spot integrating scientific research, popularity and tourism.
Covering an area of 587 hectares, the garden is divided into six scenic areas, including the Heaven & Earth Area, the Lake Area, the Temple Area, the Desert Landscape Area, Petrified Forest Area and the Conifers and Azalea Area. One of the places you shouldn’t miss is the Palaeontological Museum. The Paleontological Museum covers an area of about 2000 square meters, All kind of fossils such as dinosaurs, fishes, birds are exhibited here. It is a wonderful scientific popularization spot.
There are about 6,500 species cultivated in this garden via various ex situ conservation centers/gardens. The major centers gardens include International Ex Situ Conservation Center for Cycads, International Magnolia Garden, Rare & Endangered Trees Garden, Palm Garden, Bamboos Garden, Medicinal Plants Garden, Shady Plants Garden, Cacti & Succulents, Aquatic Plants Garden, Cryptogamic Garden, Gymnosperms Garden, and Bonsai Garden, etc.
Covered with lush lawn and dotted with palm trees, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden presents a strong tropical landscape. In shady plants garden, insectivorous plants are on the look out for prey while brightly-colored Oncidium orchids look like gracious maids in an imperial palace performing beautiful dances. In the Petrified Forest, the agated woods proudly stand upright, and their annual rings were never obliterated in the hundreds of million years, and it seems to tell the great change of the earth. In the desert green house, cacti and succulents vie with each other for glamour. In the first rays of the morning sun, the ring of bells and the recitation of scriptures in the Buddhism temple fill people with deep veneration. In the setting sun, the garden is so picturesque and tranquil with the bright ripples spreading. On the lake and the green trees and pavilions reflected in the water… What a wonderful and intoxicating garden!
Admission fee: RMB 20/person
Opening hours: 06:00~23:00
Transportation
Take the bus No. 220, 218, 65, 382, 57 and get off at the terminus or take the bus No. 311, K113, 113, 333, 336, 111, 27 and get off at the Liantang Stop and then walk a few minutes to the garden