Seetawaka Botanical Garden

Seetawaka Botanical Garden

Type	Botanical garden
Location	Ilukovita, Avissawella
Coordinates	6°57′11″N 80°13′06″E / 6.95306°N 80.21833°E / 6.95306; 80.21833 (Seetawaka Botanical Garden)Coordinates: 6°57′11″N 80°13′06″E / 6.95306°N 80.21833°E / 6.95306; 80.21833 (Seetawaka Botanical Garden)
Area	Colombo
Created	2014
Operated by	Commission of Land, Sri Lanka
Status	Open all year
Website	Department of National Botanic Gardens, Sri Lanka

Seetawaka Botanical Garden, or Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in Sri Lanka which mainly serves as a research area and a conservation area for threatened and vulnerable endemic plant species in the Sinharaja Rain Forest region. Improving export floriculture, ex-situ conservation of wet lowland plants, and bamboo cultivation are also promoted in this garden.^[1] The garden was opened to the public in late October 2014 and it is the most recently constructed botanical garden in Sri Lanka.^[2]

History

The garden was established in 20th century as a plantation for Rubber and Tea, which was owned by a garden known as "Pannaagula". But most of the land area was abandoned on that time, which was overtaken by Land Renew Commission. The construction of the Botanical garden commenced on 2008. The total land area of the garden is 105 acres (42 ha).^[3]

Location and climate

Seetawaka Botanical Garden is situated on the Puwakpitiya-Thummodara main road, at Illukowita, adjacent to the Indikada Mukalana Forest Reserve at Avissawella.^[4] The 32 ha (79 acres) garden has a cool temperate climate.

A beautiful stream flows through the garden, which sustains the existence of various wet zone plants. The tree cover is made up of large Terminalia arjuna trees.

References

↑ http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/14792-the-wet-land-botanical-garden-of-seethawaka-will-be-vested-with-the-people-next-year
↑ http://www.botanicgardens.gov.lk/Awissawella/
↑ http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.lk/cab/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16&Itemid=49&lang=en&dID=5419
↑ https://www.google.lk/maps/dir//Seethawaka+botanical+garden/data=!4m5!4m4!1m0!1m2!1m1!1s0x3ae3ac11ba10554f:0x7a9aff673731a301?sa=X&ei=Rv4UVYK_OIKyuASCwYLIDg&ved=0CIIBEPUXMA8

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