Henarathgoda Botanical Garden Located in Asgiriya Gampaha, back in 1876, the place was used for experimenting and promotion of rubber seeds brought from Brazil.

A total number of 16,953 local tourists visited the Peradeniya, Hakgala and Gampaha botanical gardens, while 52,087 foreign visitors were recorded during the first two months of 2011.

For example, the Gampaha track could be improved by extending the same effort by connecting Pilikuttuwa temple forest reserve and Gampaha Botanical Garden. • Provide opportunities for spiritual ...

This is the country's first new botanical gardens built in Sri Lanka in 130 years after the Senarathgoda Garden in Gampaha in 1876, and the Peradeniya Gardens long before that. The first phase of the ...

Hevea brasiliensis, or the rubber tree, began its epic journey in 1875, when Sir Henry Wickham brought 70,000 seeds from the Rio Tapajos area, in the upper Amazon, to Kew gardens in London. Of these, ...