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Lloyd Botanical Garden is a colorful garden located in the beautiful hill station of Darjeeling. Situated just below the market motor stand, this garden is laid out by Mr. W. Lloyd in 1878. It contains a vast collection of rare Himalayan plants, flowers, orchids and many more flora species.

About 15 minutes walk from Chowrastha and just below the Motor Stand is the forty-acre Lloyd Botanical Garden. Over the years plants native to Sikkim Himalayas and exotica from other parts, have been introduced. On its charming laid out terraces grow the alpine plants, arum lilies, geraniums, spectacular azaleas, tree-ferns and conifers, collected from Europe have come the hawthorn, blackberry, broom, horse, chestnut, ash, birch, lilac etc. from China and Japan, cryptomerias; plums, cherries, magnolias and maples weeping willows and deodars; from Africa, the Cape, Bulbon plants and the cypress; from America, magnolia grandiflora and jurriferus bermudiana from Australia and New Zealand, silver and black wattle, the silver oak, the blue gum and eucalyptus. The Cactii and Sacculents section is housed in a separate conservatory with 150 species on display. The varied collection of orchids has developed 50 rare varieties, the Orchidarium housing 2,500 plants. Inside the conservatory, begonias in bloom weave an attractive mosaic of multi-coloured splendour.

Built on a 40 acre of land, Lloyd Botanical Garden has a garden code ascribed by the Indian Botanical Garden Network. The garden mainly preserves various flora varieties belonging native to Darjeeling Himalayan region, Sikkim and other neighboring areas. Not only these, it also preserves several exotic plants variety too. The Orchid collection of this botanical garden is also fascinating. While the cacti and Succulent section of plants forms a separate conservatory in the garden. This different section displays near about 150 floral species.

The exotic and magnificent collection of rare plant species make this botanical garden of Darjeeling a hot favorite among both the tourists as well as native people. The herbarium section of the garden displays some rare botanical specimens. Darjeeling Lloyd Botanical Garden opens everyday except Sunday. One also cannot visit this garden on the bank holidays. The garden opens at 6.00 in the morning to 5.00pm in the evening. If you want to see more magic of nature then Victoria Falls, lying at a distance of half an hour walk from the garden, is waiting to greet you by its exotic beauty.