Mirijjawila Botanical Garden

Last updated on 17 Apr 2023Show location

The first Dry Zone Botanical Gardens in Sri Lanka were officially opened to the public in 2013 in Mirijjawila, Hambanthota, on a plot of land that measured 300 acres (121.4 hectares).

There are six botanical gardens in Sri Lanka, although the biggest and busiest three were constructed by the British while they were there. These three are the Gampaha Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens, Hakgala Botanical Gardens, and Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, all of which debuted in 1861. (1876). the Ganewatta Medicinal Herbs are the rest. Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanical Gardens (2015), Mirijjawila Dry Zone Botanical Gardens (built in the 1950s), and Gardens (opened in 2016).

The first Dry Zone Botanical Gardens in Sri Lanka were officially opened to the public in 2013 in Mirijjawila, Hambanthota, on a plot of land that measured 300 acres (121.4 hectares). There are six botanical gardens in Sri Lanka, although the biggest and busiest three were constructed by the British while they were there. These three are the Gampaha Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens, Hakgala Botanical Gardens, and Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, all of which debuted in 1861. (1876). the Ganewatta Medicinal Herbs are the rest. Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanical Gardens (2015), Mirijjawila Dry Zone Botanical Gardens (built in the 1950s), and Gardens (opened in 2016). The plants, trees, and herbal plants of the dry-zone botanic gardens are all grown there. Separate areas have been created for a butterfly garden, a plant nursery, a student park, a plant conservation unit, a flower garden, and ornamental shrubs.