Fairy Lake Botanical Garden
| Fairylake Botanical Garden | |
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| 仙湖植物园 | |
Fairylake Botanical Garden
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| Type | Natural Area |
| Location | Liantang Subdistrict, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong |
| Coordinates | 22°34′43.10″N 114°09′55.98″E / 22.5786389°N 114.1655500°ECoordinates: 22°34′43.10″N 114°09′55.98″E / 22.5786389°N 114.1655500°E |
| Area | 1,349.20-acre (546.00 ha) |
| Created | 1983 |
| Founder | Shenzhen government |
| Operated by | Shenzhen government |
| Visitors | 2 million each year |
| Website | www |
Fairylake Botanical Garden or Xianhu Botanical Garden (simplified Chinese: 仙湖植物园; traditional Chinese: 仙湖植物園; pinyin: Xiānhú Zhíwùyuán) is a 1,349.20-acre (546.00 ha) botanical garden and arboretum located at Liantang Subdistrict, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, southwest China. Fairylake Botanical Garden at the foot of Wutong Mountain, beside the Shenzhen Reservoir. Fairylake Botanical Garden was categorized as a "national AAAA level tourist site" by the China National Tourism Administration in 2007 and a "national key park" by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2008.
Founded in 1983, Fairylake Botanical Garden first opened to the public in 1988. It incorporates scientific research, science popularization, and tourism. As of 2012, there are more than 17 special-category living plant collections and more than 8,000 species of plants in the Fairylake Botanical Garden. On December 18, 2012, the National Cycad Conservation Center was set up here, it has cycads a total of 3 families, 10 genera, and 240 species, ranked second in the world.
Fairylake Botanical Garden is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 23 °C (73 °F), a total annual rainfall of 1,608.1-millimetre (63.31 in), a frost-free period of 355 days and 1975 annual average sunshine hours. Spring, fall and winter are warm, while winter is relatively dry. The highest temperature is 36.6 °C (97.9 °F), and the lowest temperature 1.4 °C (34.5 °F).
Fairylake Botanical Garden has more than twelve themed Gardens, such as:
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