{"id":155897,"date":"2025-07-25T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=155897"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:02:58","slug":"royal-botanical-gardens-peradeniya-sri-lanka-by-leelananda-ihalagamage-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/royal-botanical-gardens-peradeniya-sri-lanka-by-leelananda-ihalagamage-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA &#8211; By Leelananda Ihalagamage in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA &#8211; By Leelananda Ihalagamage in Melbourne<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155898 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-1-600x377.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Alexander Moon started the ground work for a Botanical Garden in 1821.\u00a0 The Botanical Garden at Peradeniya was formally established in 1822 with plants brought from Kew Garden, Slave Island, Colombo and Kalutara (within the country).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was more expanded under George Gardner as the Superintendent in 1844.\u00a0 On his death George Henry Kendrick Thwaites became the Superintendent in 1849.\u00a0 The Department of Agriculture was established in 1912 in Peradeniya and the Garden came under its administration in 1912.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Classical Avenue of Palms (trees) is located in this Garden.\u00a0 One tree with a significant history is the Cannonball tree planted by King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary in 1901.\u00a0 The tree is often laden with fruits, which are thought to resemble cannonballs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155910\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-11.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka&#8217;s Botanical Gardens have a long and proud history, punctuated by colonialism and industrial change.\u00a0 Throughout this period the Garden has continued to flourish and the plant collections and herbarium grown.\u00a0 Within the context of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century, the Garden represents a significant national asset for Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya is located in close proximity to the Kandy City which is the last Kingdom of Sri Lanka, and it is the Capital of Central Province.\u00a0 This Garden is adjoining the \u201cMahaweli\u201d &#8211; the longest river in the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Alexander Moon used the Garden for the plantation of Cinnamon and Coffee.\u00a0 And, today it is the fantastic place to enjoy a large variety of various species of trees and insects.\u00a0 The visitors can experience more than 4000 species of all concerns of plants of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155909\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-10.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"606\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When you are entering the Garden, you will see the main entrance of the Garden is open to the river drive.\u00a0 There are number of avenue river drives, such as, Double Avenue, Cooke&#8217;s Pine and Cabbage Avenue, Palmyrah Avenue and Royal Palm Avenue.\u00a0 The Spice Garden is located at the side of the main entrance with numerous varieties of species.\u00a0 Next, you will find one of the most attractive plants in the Garden &#8211; the Orchid House.\u00a0 It was introduced to the Garden in 1970s which has mostly a large variety of orchid collections and the hybrids.\u00a0 This has many species and the Orchid House itself has an amazing collection of orchids as mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gardens and the cultivation of plants have been around four thousand years ago, with the first examples dating to around 3000 years ago in ancient Egypt and Mesapotamia.\u00a0 The Romans were also keen gardeners and they were all aware of the medicinal properties of plants.\u00a0 Following on from the Romans in identifying the medicinal properties of plants were the Monks.\u00a0 They all used the beauty of plants and flowers as celebrations of God.\u00a0 The first of these monastic gardens were created in the 8<sup>th<\/sup> Century.\u00a0 These gardens were the precurses to the physic gardens that appraised in the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cTrees of the size of sky scrapers, flower bushes, exploding in incredible colour, giant palm and variety of bamboo trees and Cannonball trees with heavy round fruits cannot be described the Garden&#8217;s beauty and the value with words\u201d &#8211; one of the few tourists muttered with me while walking towards along one of the largest botanical gardens in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155908\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-9.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Other Two Major Gardens in Sri Lanka in Brief<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens is located in Gampaha, Sri Lanka which is famous as the first rubber planted location.\u00a0 This is also one of the best travel destinations in Gampaha, Sri Lanka, to spend the leisure time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Hakgala Botanical Gardens is the second largest garden in the country located in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.\u00a0 This Garden spreads over an area of 550 acres which was established in 1861.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Royal Botanical Garden in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka is open daily from 8.00 a.m. &#8211; 5.30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155907\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-8.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155906 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-7.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"671\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155905 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-6.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155904 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-5.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155903 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/peradeniya-9.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155902 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-4.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155901 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-3.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"721\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155900 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ROYAL-BOTANICAL-GARDENS-\u2013-PERADENIYA-SRI-LANKA-2.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"836\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155899 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/peradeniaya-13.jpg\" alt=\"ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS \u2013 PERADENIYA SRI LANKA (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"778\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-155911\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Wishwa-Ihalagamage.jpeg\" alt=\"Wishwa Ihalagamage\" width=\"88\" height=\"126\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; 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