The Bali Botanical Garden (Indonesia: Kebun Raya Bali) is a large tropical botanical park in Bali, in the Bedugul region, in the village of Candikuning, Baturiti district, in the Tabanan region in the highlands. Trays in the center of Bali, about 56 km from the city of Denpasar.
Bali Botanical Garden Bedugul, formerly known as Eka Karya Botanical Garden, is located at an altitude of 1250-1450 m above sea level and covers an area of 157.5 hectares.
The average temperature in Kebun Raya Bali is 17 to 25 ° C during the day and 10 to 15 ° C at night and the humidity is between 70 and 90%. Since the weather is difficult to predict, it is recommended that you always make warm clothes, umbrellas or raincoats.
To get to the Botanical Garden of Bali, it is advisable to take a taxi, a car, a motorbike or a tourist bus as public transport is not suitable due to an irregular timetable.
Other attractions near Bali Botanical Garden or Bedugul include Ulun Bratan Danu Temple, Beratan Lake and the Bedugul Fruit and Vegetable Market.
The Bali Botanical Garden is a unique place on the island of Bali that combines botanical research, crop protection, education and recreation. Here we can relax and enjoy the beauty and tranquility by getting to know the benefits of many plant species, eg. B. plants for medicine, plants for ceremonial purposes (material to bring sacrifices in the Balinese Hindu religion) and other tropical forest plants and bird life.
History Botanical Garden Bali - Kebun Raya Bali
The history of the Bali Botanical Garden began with the idea of Prof.Ir. Kusnoto Setyodiwiryo, Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Research Center, who also heads the Indonesian Botanical Gardens, and I have founded Taman (the head of the Environmental Conservation Council) to organize the organization a branch of botanical gardens. The foundation of Java in this case is Bali.
Built from 1955 to 1958 on the provincial government of Bali, the authorities of Bali officially offer the establishment of the Bali Botanic Gardens to the Council of the Environmental Research Center.
According to the agreement, the exact location of the botanical garden covers 50 hectares of forest and the reforestation of Candikuning, right next to Batukau Nature Reserve. Immediately on 15 July 1959 opened the botany teacher "Eka Karya" the Botanical Garden. Ir. Kusnoto Setyodiwiryo, Director of the Institute of Science Research Centers Implementing the Decree of Principal Level 1 Bali, January 19, 1959, No. 19 / E.3 / 2/4.
This botanical garden is dedicated to the collection of gymnosperms (coniferous plants) from around the world, as these species can grow well in botanical gardens. Much of the first collection came from the Bogor Botanical Garden and the Cibodas Botanical Garden, including Araucaria bidwillii, Cupresus sempervirens and Pinus masoniana. Podocarpus imbricatus and Casuarina junghuhniana are other native plant species in this region.
Since its inception, the development of the Eka Karya Botanical Garden in Bali has been a difficult situation, with the change of management between the Bali Regional Forestry Service and the botanical garden management itself.
The Botanical Garden of Bali is operated twice by the Provincial Forestry of Bali from 15 July 1959 to 16 May 1964. And after the events of G 30 S / PKI (1966-1975), the gardens are managed directly through the botanical garden. Staff of the garden itself for two periods, from May 16, 1964 - December 1965 and from April 1, 1975 to today.
The Botanical Garden "Eka Karya" in Bali has undergone eleven changes of direction from 1964 to today with various innovations. Under the direction of I Gede Ranten, B.Sc (1975 - 1977), the Botanical Garden reached 129.2 hectares. The expansion was approved by the President of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences Prof.Dr.Ir. inaugurated. Tubagus Bakhtiar Rifai on April 30, 1976 and was characterized by the planting of the plant Chamae cyparis obtusa.
Bedugul Botanical Garden, Bali, Indonesia
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