Bogor Botanic Garden

Like that entered the main gate that was guarded by two Ganesha statues, the god of the Hindu policy, the visitor could choose four routes that were offered in the garden measuring 87 hectare that. Entered the route of one, we will trace Street Kenari, in accordance with the tree kind had a name latin Canarium commune that often grew in the region. This tree was planted by Johannes Elias Teysmann in 1832, penata the garden from the Netherlands that at that time held the office of the first curator of the Bogor Botanic Garden.

Apart from being overgrown by thousands species the good crop in and foreign, the Botanic Garden also was the "island" of the protected place for was varied birds in the middle of the developing city fast, was recorded by more than 50 birds kinds was here, a fairy kepodang, walik the flower, the thrush, kucica, kowak, the heron, and cinenen grey. Like that was seen that afternoon, dozens of herons milled about on the tree that grew in the middle of the pond, with his voice that was typical.

Continued the trip entered the second route, apart from will meet rimbunan the pandanus tree, the palm, and several ponds with various water crops. Very picturesque scenery could be experienced in Cafe Botanicus that was surrounded the meadow and the big pond were adorned with the water lily crop. In this place the visitor many that made use of him to rest or relax. Lay was based on grass or enjoyed food provisions with the family.

If you were the lover of the kind tree nail-pakuan, then the third route was his heaven this kind. There had the Mexican Garden, the part of the nature forest that was filled by the collection nail-pakuan, spices, the palm and the bat. For the lover of the orchid, in the route of the four Bogor botanic gardens also kept many valuable collections high. It is not surprising that in 1977, Siti Hartinah, the wife former President Soeharto mendanai the production of the special greenhouse for the wild orchid collection available in Indonesia. Unfortunately, to enter him must have special permission and bought the ticket before.

The existence of this garden started from the wish of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Javanese Governor to 1811-1816, to form the Istana Garden that was occupied by him to the stylish English garden. Two penata the garden from the Kew Botanic Garden in London, England deliberate was brought in by him. The arrangement for the sake of the arrangement then was carried out in order to bring about the dream would the beautiful garden. What was dreamt of by Raffles had finally succeeded in being realised by Casper Georg Carl Reinwardt that at the same time was crowned as the founder Lands Plantentuin, the name that was given the Dutch nation for the Botanic Garden. Reinwardt was Germans that that moved to Amsterdam and studied nature mathematics, with spesialisi botany and chemical knowledge.

Reindwardt then decided to gather all this plants in a botany garden in Bogor, that at that time was acknowledged as Buitenzorg, that was significant without the maintenance or the maintenance. This also gave the opportunity for him to collect plants and the seeds from various territories in the Malaya peninsula. This botanic garden that in the long run made Bogor the centre of the development of horticultural agriculture in Indonesia. Just in 1817, the land measuring 47 hectare that shared a border with the palace of Dutch Governor was appointed to become the Botanic Garden. Reinwardt was the first director (1817-1822). In 1830, penata the garden from the Netherlands Johannes Elias Teysmann became the curator of the botanic garden and spent spare time from 50 years to develop this garden.