World Horti-Expo Garden, Botanical garden in Qingyun Subdistrict, China.
The World Horti-Expo Garden covers 218 hectares in the Qingyun Subdistrict of Kunming, next to Jindian Park. It holds five indoor halls — China Hall, Man and Nature Hall, the Greenhouse, Science and Technology Hall and International Hall — plus 34 domestic and 34 foreign outdoor gardens and six theme gardens, among them bamboo, tea, bonsai and medicinal herb collections. Vegetation covers about 80% of the site, with water taking 10–15%.
The garden was founded in 1999 as the main venue for the Kunming International Horticulture Exposition. This event marked the last major international horticultural festival of the 20th century.
The outdoor grounds hold 34 gardens from Chinese provinces and municipalities and 34 from foreign countries and international organisations, alongside six theme gardens devoted to tea, bamboo, bonsai, medicinal herbs, trees and vegetables and fruit. The 1999 exposition brought these plantings together on one site beside Jindian Park.
You can reach the garden easily by metro, as a station stops directly at the site. It helps to visit early in the day to avoid the largest crowds and have more time to explore.
The garden's theme zones include a Bonsai Garden and a Tree Garden alongside the bamboo, tea and medicinal herb plots. The site was laid out for the 1999 Kunming International Horticulture Exposition, and its 218 hectares hold 34 outdoor gardens of domestic participants and 34 for foreign countries and international organisations.
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