Type Botanical garden Area 300 acres Status Open all year Phone +94 47 7 429975 | Location Hambantota, Sri Lanka Created 2013 November 14 Address Hambantota, Sri Lanka | |
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Operated by Department of National Botanic Gardens, Sri Lanka Hours Open today · 8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturday8AM–5PMSunday8AM–5PMMonday8AM–5PM Similar Henarathgoda Botanical Garden, Seetawaka Botanical Garden, Hakgala Botanical Garden, Ridiyagama Safari Park, Pinnawala Open Zoo | ||
First dry zone botanical garden in sl commenced in mirijjawila
Mirijjawila Botanical Garden is one of the five botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. The other botanical gardens are Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Hakgala Botanical Garden, Henarathgoda Botanical Garden and Seetawaka Botanical Garden.
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Location
Mirijjawila Botanical Garden is located on the Colombo-Kataragama main road. It has the Mattala International Airport on its left side and the Hambantota Harbour on its right side.
Construction
This land was covered with thorny shrubs and abandoned chena lands, when it allocated for this purpose in 2006. Three water tanks named Kohombagas wewa, Malitthangas wewa and demataththa wewa, are constructed in the garden premises to preserve the moisture of the land.
The total area of the botanical garden is about 300 acres.
Purpose of the garden
In summary, the objectives of establishing this botanical garden is: