Shanghai Botanical Garden, Botanical garden in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.

Shanghai Botanical Garden occupies 81.86 hectares on Longwu Road in Xuhui District, on the site of the former Longhua Nursery. Its 17 themed areas include a 4-hectare Penjing Garden with some 2,000 bonsai in the Shanghai style, a 3.24-hectare Peony Garden with 120 Chinese tree-peony cultivars, and a 3.6-hectare Bamboo Garden with 74 species. The pyramid-shaped conservatory has an elevated viewing walkway reached by lift.

The garden began in 1954 as Longhua Nursery before being formally established as a botanical garden in 1974. It evolved from a plant nursery into Shanghai's major facility for plant research and conservation work.

The Penjing Garden, founded in 1978 and covering 4 hectares, holds over 2,000 penjing pieces mainly in the Shanghai style; a penjing museum was added in 1995. The Orchid Room, covering 11,150 square metres, grows more than 300 orchid species, including summer, autumn, winter and New Year orchids, with rare cultivars donated by Marshal Zhu De, General Zhang Xueliang and Japanese friends.

The garden lies on Longwu Road in Xuhui District, bounded by Longchuan North Road, Baise Road and Luocheng Road. Metro Line 3 stops at Shilong Road and Shanghai South Railway Station, and buses 56, 111, 131, 720, 820, 824 and 973 also serve it. The grounds cover 81.86 hectares, so expect long walks between the penjing garden, the pyramid-shaped conservatory with its elevated viewing walkway and the northern moss garden.

The tropical conservatory houses plant species from different climate zones packed into one enclosed space, displaying rare varieties rarely seen elsewhere. This specialized collection allows visitors to experience distant ecosystems in one location without traveling far.