Perdana Botanical Gardens
Perdana Botanical Gardens | |
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Taman Botani Perdana 湖滨公园 ஏரி பூங்கா | |
Type | Urban park |
Location | Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Area | 91.6 hectares (226 acres) |
Created | 1888 |
Operated by | Kuala Lumpur City Hall |
Status | Open all year |
Perdana Botanical Gardens, formerly Perdana Lake Gardens, Lake Gardens and Public Gardens, is Kuala Lumpur's first large-scale recreational park. Measuring 91.6 hectares (226 acres), it is located in the heart of the city and established in 1888.[1] The park served as place of refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city during colonial times. It contains large sculpted and manicured gardens and a host of attractions.
History
The colonial-era park was the brainchild of
Venning cleared the area of scrubs and lalang, and planted ornamental flowering trees and shrubs in the garden. The scheme attracted public support, and a leading figure of the Cantonese community, Towkay Chow Ah Yeok, contributed a hundred chempaka and orange trees to the initial planting programme in 1888. An ornamental lake was created by damming up Sungei Bras Bras, which was then named Sydney Lake after Swettenham's wife (the lake is now known as Perdana Lake). The project took nearly ten years to complete, but the garden was formally opened on 13 May 1889, just a year after work began, by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Cecil Clementi Smith.[2]
The official residence of the then British government representative
In 1963, the Malaysian Houses of Parliament was built on the northern fringes of the park.[5]
Naming
The park was initially called Public Gardens but later renamed Lake Gardens. In 1975, it was renamed Taman Tasik Perdana, or the Perdana Lake Gardens, by
Location
The garden is located along Jalan Perdana or Venning Road. It is located near the
Places of interest
Among the tourist attractions located here are deer park, Hibiscus garden, Orchid Garden, Kuala Lumpur Bird Park and Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park.[1] The Bird Park with a land area of over 20.9-acre (8.5 ha) was opened on 15 November 1991, features more than 3,000 birds from more than 200 species of bird and is billed as the world's largest covered bird park.[7][8][9] The butterfly park was opened in 1992,[10] spans over 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) of landscaped garden with over 5,000 butterflies, exotic plants, butterfly-host plants and ferns and is one of the largest houses in the world.[11][12]
Gallery
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Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park
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Kuala Lumpur Bird Park
Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park
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Trogonoptera brookiana also known as Rajah Brooke's birdwing.
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park
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Bird Park's Interior
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Performance
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Great Hornbill
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A chick in the education centre
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Feeding time for rainbow lorikeets and a red lory
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A slice of papaya for birds
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Rainbow lorikeets in KL Bird Park
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Milky storks crossing over
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A bird feeding of a piece of papaya
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A peacock in the park
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A view near the park entrance
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A white parrot
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Egret at KL Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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A view of a side-sitting
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A peacock
References
- ^ a b "Lake Gardens". Visit to Kuala Lumpur. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ a b JM Gullick (1955). "Kuala Lumpur 1880-1895" (PDF). Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 24 (4): 10–11.
- ISBN 978-0-415-93249-3.
- ISBN 978-983-52-0274-2.
- ISBN 978-1-74104-485-0.
- ^ DBKL. "Perdana Botanical Garden Kuala Lumpur | The Garden". klbotanicalgarden.gov.my. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-906098-11-7.
- ^ "About Us". klbirdpark.com. Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ "KL Bird Park". malaysiasite.nl. WINT. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ M, Bavani (19 July 2021). "Struggling butterfly park hopes for lifeline". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park Malaysia - About Us". klbutterflypark.com. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Photographs of Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park and its insect museum". Independent Travellers. independent-travellers.com. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
External links
- Perdana Botanical Garden Official website