Bogor Botanical Gardens, Botanical garden in Bogor, Indonesia.
Bogor Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Bogor on Java, spreading across 87 hectares and housing more than 13,000 specimens from over 3,300 species. The grounds are divided into themed sections for palms, orchids, bamboo and aquatic plants, connected by paths and waterways.
The site was established in 1817 under Dutch colonial rule, after a forest area from the Sunda Kingdom period was converted into a research facility. Over the decades botanists from Europe and Indonesia expanded the collections and introduced new cultivation methods.
The garden's name, Kebun Raya Bogor, simply means "Bogor Great Garden" in Indonesian, with no link to the word for capital. It grew out of the palace grounds landscaped by Stamford Raffles, and a memorial monument to his wife Olivia, who died in Buitenzorg in 1814, stands in the garden. On weekends families visit, and the garden remains a research site.
The garden lies in central Bogor beside the Istana Bogor palace compound, about 60 km south of central Jakarta. Paths are largely paved, and the grounds are busiest on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, so weekday mornings are quieter. The garden is operated by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).
Rain falls here almost daily, even during the dry season, keeping the air constantly moist and allowing tropical plants to thrive without artificial watering. These conditions enable species to grow that elsewhere in Southeast Asia would survive only in greenhouses.
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