Overall Planning of Yuanjiang Dry-hot Valley Botanical Garden

Guided by theories of ecological landscape architecture, the overall planning of Yuanjiang Dry-hot Valley Botanical Garden was carried out by means of artistic creation and integration of techniques of landscape architecture. The botanical garden was divided into 4 functional sections, i.e., the comprehensive tourism service section, the color-leaved forest protection section, conservation and restoration section for sparse arbor, shrub and grassland community in dry-hot valley, and the collection and exhibition section for typical plant species originating in the dry-hot valley area. The major purpose of building this botanical garden was to collect and to show the xerophytic dry-hot valley plants and the corresponding plant landscape.