As one of the best Botanical Gardens in China, the Hangzhou Botanical Garden covers an area of 230 hectare with 120 kinds of bamboo growing in its bamboo section and some 1,200 medicinal herbs in its Garden of A Hundred Herbs (Baicao Yuan). It famed West Lake Scenic Resort. With a total of 3,400 plants, the garden is built on a stretch of hillside, where the weather it mild. The trees here include the feather maple, the Japanese cherry and pine, the magnolia, the camphor, the pointy cypress, the dragon cypress etc. And the vegetation is lush and verdant Horticulture Research and education is closely integrated in this garden, which is also a popular tourist resort.