Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden

Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden is a 500acre botanical garden and tourist attraction at kilometer 163 on Sukhumvit Road in Chonburi Province, Thailand. It can be reached via bus, taxi or private land transportation. It is also a major scientific center dedicated to cycads, with its own Cycad Gene Bank.HistoryPisit and Nongnooch Tansacha purchased the 600acre plot of land in 1954 with the intentions of developing the land as a fruit plantation. However, the owners instead decided to plant tropical flowers and plants as a wildlife conservation project. The garden opened to the public in 1980, and management was transferred to Pisit and Nongnooch's son Kampon Tansacha in 2001. The garden currently fills 500 out of the 600acre.Garden divisionsFrench GardenEuropean GardenStonehenge GardenCactus & Succulent GardenVariegated Plants Ant TowerButterfly HillOrchid & Bromeliad Display GardenFlower valleyCactusEchinocactus grusonii (Mexican golden barrel cactus)EchinopsisLobiviaCycadsThe garden focus on Southeast Asian, Tropical American and Central Africa species of Cycads, but a collection of almost every species can also been seen here. In connection with Conservation agencies the gardens cycad collections serves as an important ex situ conservation site for this endangered and ancient plant group. On-going and continuing research at the garden concerning taxonomy and horticultural use has increased the knowledge about this plant group worldwide.