Henarathgoda Botanical Garden

Henarathgoda Botanical Garden
Type	Botanical garden
Location	Gampaha, Sri Lanka
Coordinates	7°06′00″N 79°59′10″E / 7.10000°N 79.98611°E / 7.10000; 79.98611 (Henarathgoda Botanical Garden)
Area	17.8ha
Elevation	10m
Created	1876; 148 years ago (1876)[1]
Operated by	Department of National Botanic Gardens, Sri Lanka
Status	Open all year
Plants	2,000 (Appx:)
Species	400 (Appx:)

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Henarathgoda Botanical Garden, also known as Gampaha Botanical Garden, is one of the six botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. The botanical garden is situated on the Gampaha-Minuwangoda main road, approximately 450 m (1,480 ft) away from Gampaha railway station. It is about 29 km (18 mi) from Sri Lanka's commercial capital of Colombo.^[2][3]

It was established in 1876 by the British to conduct experiments on exotic economic plants such as Rubber, and explore plant wealth and development of economy in the colony. The first imported rubber tree to Sri Lanka was first planted in this garden and it was the first seedlings of Brazilian rubber tree ever planted in Asia. The garden consists of a large variety of plants and many of them are from every corner of the tropical world it is expanding over 43 acres (0.17 km²) and situated next to the Attanagalu Oya and surrounded by paddy fields, a man-made green environment and a secondary forest as well laid out with many interesting sections, eye-catching landscaping and many shrubs, bushes and trees. This garden is a famous destination for youngsters.