Handayama Botanical Garden

Handayama Botanical Garden
岡山市半田山植物園
Handayama Botanical Garden
Type	Botanical garden
Location	Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
Coordinates	34°41′30″N 133°55′55″E
Created	May 1964 (1964-05)
Website	www.okayama-park.or.jp/facility/handayama

The Handayama Botanical Garden (岡山市半田山植物園, Okayama-shi Handayama Shokubutsuen) is a botanical garden located at 2-1319 Kitagata, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan. It is open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.

The garden was founded in 1953 on a hillside site overlooking the city by the Okayama Waterworks. It was remodeled and reopened under its present name in May 1964. The park covers an area of 110,000 square meters (1,200,000 sq ft), and has 150,000 plants of 3,200 species blooming throughout the four seasons, including good collections of camellias and maples. Near the summit is the Ipponmatsu Kofun, an ancient burial mound

See also

• List of botanical gardens in Japan
• Korakuen Garden (nearby)

References

• BGCI entry
• Handayama Botanical Garden (Japanese)
• Handayama information (Japanese)
• Photographs of the garden