The Dapingding Tropical Botanical Garden () is a

garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate bot ...

Siaogang District Siaogang District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a district of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan. Before the merging of Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County in 2010, Siaogang was the southernmost district in Kaohsiung ...

, Kaohsiung,

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which is used as a museum of tropical plants and a recreational park.

Architecture

The garden has an area of 9.6 hectares with rich ecological resources and various terrains, such as hills, lowlands and tablelands. The garden features ecology exposition center, green path, observation deck, wood bridges, pavilions, forest education center and four theme areas for exhibition, preservation of tropical plants, ecological education and tourism.

Transportation

The park is accessible east of

Siaogang Station Siaogang is the southern terminus of the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Station overview The station is a two-level underground station with an island platform and four exits. It is 215 metres long and is loc ...

Kaohsiung MRT Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit or Kaohsiung MRT. Construction of the MRT started in October 200 ...

References

Botanical gardens in Taiwan Geography of Kaohsiung {{Taiwan-geo-stub

Architecture

Transportation

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