Hakgala Botanical Garden

Hakgala Botanical Garden
Entrance of the garden
Map
TypeBotanical garden
LocationHakgala, Nuwara Eliya
Coordinates6°55′00″N 80°46′00″E / 6.91667°N 80.76667°E / 6.91667; 80.76667 (Hakgala Botanical Garden)
Areabadulla
Created1861
Operated byDepartment of Agriculture, Sri Lanka
Visitors500 000
StatusOpen all year
Websitehttp://www.botanicgardens.gov.lk/?page_id=4380

Hakgala Botanical Garden is one of the five botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. The other four are Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Henarathgoda Botanical Garden, Mirijjawila Botanical Garden and Seetawaka Botanical Garden. It is the second largest botanical garden in Sri Lanka.[1] The garden is contiguous to Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve.[2]

  1. ^ "History and Introduction". agridept.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  2. ^ Green, Michael J. B. (1990). IUCN directory of South Asian protected areas. IUCN. pp. 211–213. ISBN 2-8317-0030-2. Retrieved 2009-10-02.