Taipei Botanical Garden
Interactive guide map of Taipei Botanical Garden: 2 restrooms, 2 help desks, 7 drinking fountains and 29 spots. Open it on your phone to see where you are in the park.
Spots at Taipei Botanical Garden
- Gymnosperm AreaGymnosperm Area currently displays about 35 species of gymnosperms; gymnosperm ovules are exposed, and the group includes pines, firs, and cypresses.
- Plants and InsectsPlants and Insects displays plants that are food for butterfly larvae, nectar sources, and gall-inducing host plants, presenting the co-evolutionary relationship between insects and plants.
- Plant Classification GardenPlant Classification Garden plants Taiwan's common dicot herbaceous and shrub species according to family in the taxonomic system, allowing the public to learn plant classification.
- Gymnosperm AreaGymnosperm Area currently displays about 35 species of gymnosperms; gymnosperm ovules are exposed, and the group includes pines, firs, and cypresses.
- Succulent Plant AreaSucculent Plant Area's plants typically store water in thickened leaves or stems, and common groups include the cactus family, Crassulaceae, and Aizoaceae.
- Greenhouse
- Plant Celebrities GardenPlant Celebrities Garden displays important researchers of Taiwan's plant taxonomy and commemorative plants, introducing their contributions to plant research.
- Ark Greenhouse Complex
- Fern AreaFern Area cultivates more than 100 species of ferns and lycophytes, focusing on low-elevation native species of Taiwan.
- South Gate Town 323South Gate Town 323 is a wooden one-story house built in the early Showa period at the corner of Lotus Pond, which once served as a dormitory for the Forestry Experiment Station, and later was restored to its Japanese architectural style and had a karesansui garden added.
- Indian Almond Plaza
- Buddhism GardenBuddhism Garden cultivates more than 30 Buddhist plant species within the garden; the official website specially highlights the Wuyou tree, which blooms at the end of March.
- Chinese Zodiac Plant AreaChinese Zodiac Plant Area displays plants whose Chinese names contain the names of the twelve zodiac animals, such as rabbit-tail grass, tiger-ear grass, and morning glory.
- Healing Garden
- Wild Ginger Pond
- Guest House of Imperial EnvoysThe Guest House of Imperial Envoys was partially relocated to the Taipei Botanical Garden in 1933, and is now a designated historic site of Taipei City; its original location was at the Zhongshan Hall in Taipei City.
- Plants in LiteratureMore than 500 plant species mentioned in Chinese classical literature's poetry, songs, odes and chapter novels are included, such as willow, pine, bamboo and plum.
- Dicot Plant AreaThe Dicot Plant Area displays woody plants common at low elevations in Taiwan, including members of the Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, Fagaceae and Moraceae families.
- Lotus Viewing Plaza
- Lotus PondThe Lotus Pond is located at the southeast corner of the botanical garden and is a spot for viewing lotuses within the garden. Lotus is a perennial rhizomatous emergent water plant of the Nelumbonaceae family.
- Greenhouse
- Wax Leaf HouseThe Wax Leaf House was built in 1924, originally serving as the Forestry Department's Wax Leaf Hall of the Central Research Institute, used for storing dried plant wax leaf specimens.
- Aquatic Plant AreaThe Aquatic Plant Area collects and displays many native aquatic plants, and also serves for exhibition interpretation, seed source preservation, and species conservation.
- Bamboo AreaThe Taipei Botanical Garden has collected over forty bamboo species, and the Bamboo Area serves both exhibition education and seed source preservation purposes.
- Ginger AreaThe Ginger Area collects various low-elevation Alpinia species native to Taiwan, and also displays other Zingiberaceae plants from abroad.
- Araceae Area
- Ethnobotanical AreaThe Ethnobotanical Area focuses on collecting plants used by the Atayal people distributed in northern Taiwan, and displays plants used in daily life by Austronesian peoples.
- Palm AreaThe garden has collected over sixty species of palm family plants, and the royal palm, Chinese fan palm and spindle palm are planted in large numbers along both sides of the main roads.
- Taiwan Native Plant Exhibition AreaTaiwan Native Plant Exhibition Area collects native plants from across Taiwan and also cultivates variegated plants selected from the wild.
Restrooms at Taipei Botanical Garden (2)
- Near Ark Greenhouse Complex
- Near Ginger Area
Help Desks at Taipei Botanical Garden (2)
- Near Wax Leaf House
- Near Ethnobotanical Area
Drinking Fountains at Taipei Botanical Garden (7)
- Near Gymnosperm Area
- Near Fern Area
- Near Plant Celebrities Garden
- Near Wax Leaf House
- Near Taiwan Native Plant Exhibition Area ×2
- Near Ginger Area
Pavilions at Taipei Botanical Garden (3)
- Near Indian Almond Plaza
- Near South Gate Town 323
- Near Wild Ginger Pond