One day I went to Peradeniya Botanical Garden with my family members..

πŸ’šπŸ’šRoyal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the central province of Sri Lanka. It is near the Mahaweli River...πŸ’¦ It is renowned for its collection of orchids. The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants , including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees...πŸ’šπŸ’š Peradeniya is a famous garden..😎


πŸ’šπŸ’šThe gardens were founded in 1821 primarily to introduce coffee trees and various other tropical plants of economic importance to the region..πŸ’›πŸ’œ Even after it took on a more botanical emphasis in the 1840 the garden remained a center for horicultural Activites under the directorship of the botanist George H.K Thwaies,πŸ‘€ the garden played a pivotal role in establishing the country's flourishing tea industry in the late 1870.Thwaites also brought in and cultivated the Brazilian rubber tree, which, become a crop producer vital to Sri Lanka's economy..

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