(Photos by Fang Pei, english.eastday.com)

The garden consists of the center display area, the native plants conservation area, the scientific experiments area and the peripheral buffer area with a total area of about 206 hectares. There are 26 theme gardens in the center display area, such as Flora of east China garden, Quarry garden, Rock garden and Medicinal Plants Garden, Children’s Garden, Climber Garden, Topiary Garden, Rare and Endangered Plants Garden, etc. The garden has a unique collection of plants indigenous to eastern parts of China–over 1,500 species, and is home to over 9,000 species of plants and flowers.