Forsgate Conservatory

Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island


This greenhouse in Hong Kong Park takes visitors through fairly lacklustre floral displays, including a dry 'desert' room showing cacti and other drought-tolerant species, and a humid 'rainforest' room with jungle foliage and tropical plants.


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Nearby Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island attractions

1. KS Lo Gallery

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The KS Lo Gallery, in a building beside the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware at Hong Kong Park contains rare ceramics from famous kilns in ancient China…

2. Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware

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Built in 1846 as the home of the commander of the British forces, Flagstaff House is the oldest colonial building in Hong Kong still standing in its…

3. Edward Youde Aviary

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A raised wooden walkway snakes through a netted area of tropical trees at this aviary at the top of Hong Kong Park, offering branch-level views of some 80…

4. Hong Kong Park

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A hillside oasis squeezed between Central and Admiralty, Hong Kong Park was built in 1991 over part of the former Victoria Barracks. Terraced landscaping…

5. Bank of China Tower

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The awesome 70-storey Bank of China Tower, designed by IM Pei and completed in 1990, rises from the ground like a cube, and is then successively reduced,…

6. Lippo Centre

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Though the HSBC (Hongkong & Shanghai Bank) Building and the Hong Kong International Airport, both by English architect Norman Foster, may be Hong Kong’s…

7. Cheung Kong Park

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This small, shady park and sitting area has an artificial waterfall and several faux grottoes. It's a popular lunch spot for workers and a welcome, leafy…

8. St John’s Cathedral

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Services have been held at this Anglican cathedral since it opened in 1849, with the exception of 1944, when the Japanese army used it as a social club…