Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden One-Day Tour Strategy

Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden mainly focuses on collection, protection, and exhibition. The scenery here is beautiful, the environment is quiet, the air is fresh, and you can climb to the top of the mountain to overlook the park. The whole botanical garden is worth visiting. Let’s take a look at the specific tour strategy of the botanical garden below.

Best time to visit

There are plants to admire all year round. Every spring is the best time to visit the botanical garden. Tulips and orchids are in bloom in April; in summer you can come to the botanical garden to admire water lilies and other aquatic plants; in autumn chrysanthemums are in full bloom; in winter you don’t have to worry about no vegetation to watch, the exhibition greenhouse is full of flowers in full bloom, the warm spring and the cold weather outside seem like two worlds. The botanical garden will hold various flower exhibitions in different seasons, such as the Spring Festival welcome spring exhibition, the orchid exhibition from the end of March to April, the autumn rhyme exhibition in autumn, etc. You can check the official website for specific flower exhibitions and their schedules.

Main Parks

Mine Pit Garden

Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden Mine Pit Garden is one of the scenic spots in Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden. It is located in the northwest corner of Chenshan Botanical Garden, near the northwest entrance. It was designed by Professor Zhu Yuhuan of Tsinghua University and built by Qingyuan Depu Floating Bridge Co., Ltd. The original site of the mine pit is related to natural terrain such as waterfalls, natural barriers, plank roads, and water curtain caves, deepening people’s understanding of nature. Utilizing the texture of the existing mountain, the deep carving makes it have the form and artistic conception of Chinese landscape painting. The Mine Pit Garden highlights the theme of restorative gardens and is one of the top horticultural gardens in China.

North American Plant Area

North America and the Chinese mainland are both located on the east coast of the subtropical monsoon climate. The North American plant area of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden plants suitable plants native to North America in the form of vertical forests and flower mirrors. For example, there are willow oak, North American red oak, red maple, North American tulip tree, North American liquidambar, Canadian redbud, North American redwood, thin-shelled hickory, North American yew, American smoke tree, American sumac. The North American flora uses Western garden design and uses large-scale geometric trapezoids.

Aquatic Plant Garden

The Aquatic Plant Garden is the area with the most abundant plant species and the most concentrated display in Chenshan Botanical Garden. The Aquatic Plant Garden displays the rich species and types of aquatic plants. There are 8 ponds: ornamental aquatic plant pond, China’s important aquatic plant pond, floating leaf plant pond, submerged plant pond, edible aquatic plant pond, Gramineae and Cyperaceae plant pond, Alismataceae plant pond and Nymphaeaceae plant pond.

Tropical Exhibition Greenhouse

The exhibition greenhouse is located inside Gate 2 in the northeast corner of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden. It is a group of greenhouses composed of three single-temperature greenhouses: the Tropical Flower and Fruit House, the Desert Plant House, and the Rare Plant House, with a total area of 12,608 square meters. Among them, the Tropical Flower and Fruit House covers an area of 5,521 square meters and is 21 meters high. It consists of the Exotic Garden, Palm Plaza, and Economic Plant Area; the Desert Plant House covers an area of 4,320 square meters and is 19 meters high. It collects and displays desert plants from Australia, Africa, and the Americas; the Rare Plant House covers an area of 2,767 square meters and is 16 meters high. It collects and displays the unique types of plants that show the survival and evolution of plants, such as tropical rainforest phenomena, insectivorous plants, cycads, ferns, orchids and pineapples, etc.

Transportation Guide

Bus:

1. Take Metro Line 9 to Dongjing Station, transfer to Songjiang 19 Road, 96 Road to Gate 1; or transfer to Songjiang 95 Road at Sheshan Station to Gate 1.

2. Songjiang 95 Road, Songzhu Line can reach Gate 2.

3. Songjiang 95 Road can reach Gate 3.

Self-driving:

1. Take G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway to Songjiang New Town Exit, turn left onto Jiason Highway, turn left onto Chenhua Road to reach Gate 1, turn left onto Shenzhuan Highway, turn left onto Shetian Kun Highway to reach Gate 2.

2. Take G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway to Zhao’xiang Exit, turn left onto Jiason Highway, turn south to Chenhua Road, turn right to reach Gate 1, turn left onto Shenzhuan Highway, turn left onto Shetian Kun Highway to reach Gate 2.