Lloyd's Botanical Garden

Lloyd's Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Darjeeling spread across sloped terrain with greenhouses, walking paths, and multiple entrance gates situated at different elevations. The site holds extensive plant collections from the surrounding mountain regions.

The garden was founded in 1878 as an extension of an existing botanical initiative. Its creation was based on land provided by a local donor to establish a research and preservation site in this mountain region.

The garden displays orchids that grow naturally in the surrounding hills, showing visitors the plants that belong to this mountain region. Walking through the collection helps people understand what thrives in these cool, misty conditions.

The garden is accessible daily through multiple entrances, allowing visitors to choose different routes through the site. The sloped terrain means that exploring different elevation levels is part of the visit, so comfortable footwear is recommended.

The garden maintains plant species that are rarely found elsewhere in the eastern Himalayan regions, including some varieties that have existed relatively unchanged for millions of years. These living fossils offer insight into prehistoric plant life.