Chenshan Botanical Garden Is Among Be The BEST In The World | Inspiring Styling & Landscaping

Welcome to Chenshan Botanical Garden in Shanghai. This sanctuary for over fifteen thousand plant species spans over 200 hectares of gorgeous landscapes, themed areas, and enormous greenhouses, Chenshan Botanical Garden is a captivating blend of natural beauty and scientific exploration.
Our personal guide, Carrie, walks us through this immense park, imparting her impressive knowledge of the garden and the plants that live here.
Our tour begins in a huge tropical greenhouse filled with gorgeous ornamental plants like bromeliads, palms, and carnivorous plants.
Then we moved on to an impressive arid greenhouse to see some cactii and succulents, masterfully desertscaped to impress our eyes.
I was pleasantly surprised that there’s a second tropical greenhouse with stronger emphasis on ethnobotany.
Finally, we roam the outdoors to visit some of the other attractions.
This is easily one of the best garden I’ve ever been to. Every corner was passionately and meticulously curated to educate and inspire visitors about the wonders of the botanical world.
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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Ornamental Tropical Glasshouse
14:48 Arid Cacti Succulent Glasshouse
26:13 Tropical Glasshouse with Ethnobotany Focus
35:55 The Botanical Garden

[@carolstuff]

That’s an awesome botanical garden! Thanks for taking us along Sean!

[@onlyplants]

You’re welcome Carol

[@surgeinc1]

This garden was beyond my imagination and I’ve added this to my list of “must” places to visit. Keri is a brilliant young lady and an excellent guide with her unlimited knowledge of the Shenshaw botanical operation. Thank you Sean for another one of your amazing tours!💚

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@gabrielleakers7540]

What an absolute amazing place! I can’t imagine what was like in the space. The glass alone is a large piece of art! I’d love if you got to speak with people doing pollination and see what’s behind the scenes!

[@onlyplants]

Yeahhh a lot is going on behind the scenes in this garden. The few people I met along the way (not filmed) were very young and passionate.

[@janecurtis5726]

You are right, Sean, this has to be the most beautiful botanic garden ever! From the shape of the greenhouses and the stunningly creative displays of curated plants to the beautiful outdoor scenes, this beats them all!!

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. Hope this episode shines some light to this underrated garden ❤️

[@gracewithnature]

Thoroughly enjoyed it, Sean. I had to get my macbook to enjoy it in a bigger screen 😊 Another one to add to my “botanical places to visit” list. I love the idea of the lonely tree or more so comfort tree. Thank you so much to you and Kerri. Love every bit of it ☺️

[@onlyplants]

Very kind of you to write in. Thank you ❤️

[@litsnombre6390]

Thanks for sharing....beautiful botanical garden...wow!

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 🥰🥰

[@verastoimenova4786]

This is so grand 😍

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@eleanormtangi4580]

The desert garden is out of this world!

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@geraniumpower6852]

This is so beautiful with so many varieties of plants & all are so well taken care of and are thriving healthily. It puts the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay (S'pore) to shame as the latter relies heavily on the plant exhibits while the resident plants are not really thriving & there is less varieties of plants there.

[@onlyplants]

Gardens by the bay is largely a tourist attraction with almost no effort to educate and conservation. Although it does a good job to get people closer to nature and attracts large volumes of people 😀

[@EuroTravChannel]

At 33.15 She gives an example of a very popular orchid in Chinese new year: 大花惠兰 （da hua hui lan) Cymbidium hybrids which produce relatively larger blooms.

[@onlyplants]

Thanks for sharing this ❤️

[@junglygarden]

Beautiful tropical garden 😍

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@kaowinston]

I visited seven years ago, and it is much more spectacular and impressive today. When I was there it was the second year of opening and to me it was brilliant. Today watching your video, it is even more spectacular, and I need to visit again. Thanks for the video.

[@onlyplants]

What a wonderful share, a reminder that this botanical garden is still young and growing. ❤️

[@giardinodialberi8751]

What a spectacular day! Thanks so much for this adventure. Never heard of this place. It's good to broaden our perspective of this beautiful planet. Interesting, too, that Keri said Phalaenopsis orchid is the most intelligent plant, which led me to research briefly, to learn that orchids are smart because "of their ingenious ability to trick insects and people into helping with their pollination and transport". Also shocking to learn is that orchids, like cycads, are dinosaur-era plants. Superimpose that idea with the idea that the orchids are the most advanced form of plant life, while the most advanced form of animal life cannot manage to respect this beautiful home we share.

[@onlyplants]

Omg you have a way with words. I learnt some things from this comment. Thank you ❤️

[@kazochrymowicz3076]

This is just another world. Nothing to take away and absolutely nothing to add. Loved every second of your video

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️❤️

[@fe0570]

Here’s to you from California. Outstanding content on Chenshan Botanical Garden! What a dream! Carrie as your guide certainly contributed to the quality of the visit with her expert botanical knowledge… well done. Thank you Sean for guiding us to these wonderful places in the world we never knew about.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. I am so grateful that she hosted us.

[@monikawinklerova3316]

breathtaking! I could not close my mouth the whole time I watched this extraordinary video 😮. visiting this botanical garden should be on everyone’s bucket list 😀 Thank you for another exceptional video.

[@onlyplants]

My thoughts exactly! Thank you

[@lindaedwards4632]

Thank you for an amazing tour 😀 It is an amazing place 💕😀🇨🇦

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️❤️

[@thomasmanes9103]

Amazing! The greenhouse structures are awesome and all the plants look so well cared for and immaculately arranged, as do the outside areas. Tremendous diversity as well.

[@onlyplants]

Yes my jaw was on the floor the whole time. Ive not seen this level of care in any botanical garden before. Not even close.

[@tohuvabohu29]

This inspires me to improve my Florida yard with so many plants, especially bromeliads. Thank you for taking us on this tour.

[@onlyplants]

Thanks for coming with ❤️

[@frederickastarr9771]

Thank you for sharing this amazing and beautiful botanical garden! I wish Irene from Leafing Around is with you, we miss her blogs recently, I hope she is ok, thank you. Your guest is incredibly knowledgeable! Also, Monty Don from UK's Gardeners World will be amazed, hopefully he will see this video! Thank you.

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa thank you for writing in, as a member you are the first handful to see this. I hope the other viewers will have positive response when it airs this weekend. This is very encouraging. 😀

[@ritacrawford4701]

Watching this really has me thinking about visiting China again!

[@rebeccaz789]

I don't enjoy leafing around lady at all.

[@NathanMarchack]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. The discipline and commitment of the garden staff is admirable and clearly it pays off in how well the displays look and how they are also designed to be educational. While it may be too early to tell since the garden has only been open for 13 years, the director seems to have a long term vision for maintaining the quality for many decades to come. For institutions of this scale there needs to be serious long term planning, and China seems quite capable in that regard. Love that they also focus on getting younger people and children interested, as you say, it would be nice to have gotten into the world of plants from an earlier age. Final random thoughts: I loved the guide's "Cactus" hat. The spination on the large barrel cacti was a little "weak" but the smaller plants looked great and the labels/barcodes were a great touch. That euphorbia aeruginosa clump was gorgeous.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you, i enjoyed reading this!

[@msladyjune3285]

A beautiful botanical garden. Very lovely place. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏾Video. June in The Junegle 🇺🇸 🪴Happy Planting🌿

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 😀

[@JoysLeafofficial]

Though I'm just looking at the screen, everywhere my eyes landed is so captivating😊 and No flaws at all, That's every garden owner wish to have👌😊

[@onlyplants]

Yes its flawless here 😀😀

[@johnpatterson9219]

I’m very, very impressed! Gorgeous indoor gardens! Wow! 😮

[@onlyplants]

😀😀😀

[@valerieclark5695]

So glad I watched this. I went to botanical gardens as a little girl and recall it fondly. How nice to have seen this one.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you, glad I could bring you 😀

[@terrigreene7481]

Love this, Awesome, crazy, fantastic Botanical garden. Wow...

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. I cant believe I havent heard of it before the visit!

[@PlasBachGarden]

Amazing garden! I'm adding it to my list of places to visit. (It's a very long list though!)

[@onlyplants]

Haha we have all our lives ahead 😀 China has a lot of natural wonders too

[@PlasBachGarden]

@@onlyplants I'll start saving! 😉 PS I've just done a garden tour video of Portugal you might like - check it out!

[@brocktoon8]

Wow! I'd love to visit someday : ) I love how the director planted the conifer trees spaced so that they could grow happily up to 100 years in the future. Beautiful!

[@onlyplants]

😀😀 thank you

[@aledproductions3492]

You can tell the people who curated these are extremely passionate

[@onlyplants]

Yes I spoke to some of them while walking on the field actually. They were so eager to share their knowledge but I had to keep moving.

[@kovinankeaa]

Thank you for taking us again to a wonderful destination! I need to watch this again to fully absorb everything there can be found. Also the expertise of the guide truly elevates the value of what can be learned from your visit. Also, it is lovely to hear the level of enthusiasm and awe you experience every now and then, it's like a small child finding a gem that meets their imagination.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you, this comment is so encouraging ❤️❤️

[@ladogacamilla-9407]

I love this botanic garden so much , thank you sean!!!

[@onlyplants]

You’re most welcome

[@Ten-sa-gaming]

Hello. I only recently found your channel and I have to say what a blessing it is! I'm a plant lover... It's become habit to watch your tours every morning as I prepare for work. Thank you.

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa thank you. Its always nice to hear that my work has positive impact on others.

[@ceciliaarchibold8187]

Loved the cactus and succulent enclosure ! Great job

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@andrews1185]

Thank you Sean for sharing such a great place. Love the dedication and love of the ppl towards plants

[@onlyplants]

You’re welcome

[@ranchrachel]

I had no idea this botanical garden existed, what a wonderful video and thanks for the tour!

[@onlyplants]

Yeahhh me too! This place deserve way more recognition.

[@jeyratnasingam4022]

What an amazing garden. Thank you for showing us such a wonderful place. I have learned to much about tropical gardening from your videos 😊

[@onlyplants]

Thank you for coming along! ❤️

[@vickokoszka6836]

COCONUT PALMS IN A GLASS HOUSE.....IMPRESSIVE. THE PALM CONSERVETARY IS STUNNING

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@D34DR4CC00NS]

What a beautiful garden! I'd love to see it in person someday!

[@onlyplants]

Jope you can make it! 😀

[@kdoss2000]

I really appreciate you sharing this beautiful garden! Thank you and keep up the good work! I Love your videos!

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 😀😀

[@mariam6932]

Ooooo how I would loooove to visit a place as wonderful as that one!!!!!♥️💕🙏🏻Beautiful!!!!

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@kwamataitewudwai491]

This is breathtaking ❤

[@onlyplants]

😀😀❤️

[@allwalksoflifevlogs4415]

Awesome creation of CREATOR.

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️❤️

[@jessicahussey1255]

I love these tours. I like seeing different examples on how things are grown and displayed. Great filming! Thank you.

[@onlyplants]

Yaye, Im glad to have a platform to show them!

[@Alypinkflower]

O my I can lived there What a great adventure for you!!! Thnx for sharing

[@onlyplants]

Thanks for coming along! ❤️

[@GuineaJin]

Thank you so much for this tour. What an amazing place, impressive huge variety of plant around the world. So glad to see the development not only in the major field but also into the horticulture and landscape. Fascinating build and made in China, definitely will be on my visiting list.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. I hope you get the chance to visit 😀 I skimmed through a lot of interesting details

[@AnthonyLauzon-rt4no]

Wow..am speechless ..thank you for sharing such wonders😊

[@onlyplants]

Thank you

[@Gitana_Star]

Hello from New York city!! Thanks so much for sharing this experience. I felt I was right there with you enjoying all that beauty ❤

[@onlyplants]

Hello. I miss NYC so much. I used to live there 7 years 🥹

[@terencegalland]

this is like a man made copy of the earth with the firmanent above protecting it amazing creation thank you for this ii,s wonderful

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@delongbear]

Thanks!

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@user-ky4mv6up1f]

Beautiful just wonderful ❤️

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@laonongtrendinhdk]

rất nhiều cây xanh, rất đẹp cam ơn bạn

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@SW-pn4ww]

Wow that’s amazing !!! Everything in China is grander !

[@onlyplants]

They have a lot of resources 🫣

[@nancyrock477]

I so enjoyed tagging along with you on this tour! Very interesting!

[@onlyplants]

thank you ❤️

[@shoaibdurrani3197]

Assalamualikum Very impressive and very beautiful wonderful garden❤ Excellent 🌹👍 Quetta city. Pakistan

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 🪴❤️

[@Lifewith_gardening]

Thank you for this amezing garden tour 🙏🙏🙏🙏🤗 so so beautiful and blissful 🤗🤗🤩🤩

[@onlyplants]

You’re most welcome

[@youwhenhow]

I was a little bit skeptical until I saw how amazing this garden is!!! And how well Keri explained everything what really added more charm to the garden. And the efforts behind all these amazing scenes! I definitely will visit Chenshan Botanical Garden when I visit Shanghai again! And thanks a lot Sean!

[@onlyplants]

Oh yes they are a hidden gem. I spoke with some of the managers in different areas and they were very passionate gardeners!

[@gaidimliukamson2216]

I am surprise to hear you that, you can really speak fluently in china language.😊. I'm from India North East Nagaland.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 😀

[@lkawaiteacher]

I need to make a trip to Shanghai. I especially enjoyed the carnivorous plant room and the desert greenhouse. Thank you for taking us on this trip.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@MarloSaluna]

added this to my bucket list when I travel to China this is really breathtaking!!!!♥ ♥

[@onlyplants]

Sweet! I hope you make it

[@EuroTravChannel]

At 37.50 she was talking about 'shui shan', latin name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Chinese kanji: 水杉, English name: the dawn redwood. Together with Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) of California, M. glyptostroboides is classified in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae. Although it is the only living species in its genus, three fossil species are known as well. It is the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia, one of three genera in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae. It now survives in the wild only in wet lower slopes and montane river and stream valleys in the border region of 3 Chinese provinces. Although the shortest of the redwoods, it can grow to 167 ft (51 m) in height.

[@onlyplants]

Oh this is so important! Thank you for sharing it!

[@onlyplants]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@EuroTravChannel]

@@onlyplants 👍👍👍

[@user-lv6jh3rr2u]

So beautiful dream!💖💖💖

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@taniaj9180]

Thank you for this beautiful video, we travel thanks to you. This garden is really wonderful, it's like a dream... Thank you so much from France

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. I hope to visit France too at some point! ❤️

[@yasothachetty9772]

Thank you for the video Sean, wafchex it with my mum and we enjoyed it. And you speak such good Mandarin!

[@onlyplants]

Thank you! Its nice that you and mum share common interests! Me and my mom never watch anything together

[@rosehatter2]

What a fabulous botanical garden!! I would never want to leave and I am sure you didn't want to either :) Your content is always exceptional. thank you

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 😀

[@moss5427]

Shanghai Botanical Garden expanded by almost 50% last year. The new addition apparently is quite impressive.

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa this is new to me, interesting

[@yaoyunzhang853]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️ you’re welcome

[@discusme3279]

very impressive, i must visit it when i go to shanghai. thank for your filming❤

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@elihere]

what an amazing tour; i appreciate that you add the endemic origin of the plants as well!

[@onlyplants]

Yeah I think it really gives perspective when we note down where the plants come from to converge in this space 😀

[@kiambengang3533]

Nice. I admire with their appreciation toward plants with no specific target focussing only the rare ones or the varigata ones like we all here in Indonesia. I even don't see any biilitiae varigata or monstera varigata shown. I like the landscape of dinosaurs forest section. It give me inspiration and ideas for my (future) hone garden design. I need to start eyeing encephalartos and cycas more

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 😀 encephalartos are so expensive in Indonesia

[@gliceriacastillo6299]

I was so amazed thanks for sharing.. watching from glecious tv new subscriber

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. Welcome to the channel 🙌🏽

[@milferalvaro1747]

Shawn, love your accent in every language! Glorious!

[@onlyplants]

Haha thank you ❤️❤️

[@carlaericacandidacarvalho7176]

Excellent ❤

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@Jayl__]

You put so much work in your video with all the translations and comments and even travelling to all these cool spots. Good job!

[@onlyplants]

Thank you 🥰🥰 i enjoy this work so much

[@fleurdickinson5626]

I will definitely put this on my list of things to see in Shanghai, thanks !

[@onlyplants]

Yaye 😀

[@villagedodendechales]

Wonderful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@onlyplants]

Yayeee

[@BUHAYMOTHER]

Thankyou for sharing ❤ such as impressive display. I kinda got bored with bromeliad as I could never get it to show it's beautiful colours. Seeing your vlog, made ma appreciate it again ❤

[@onlyplants]

I hear light is the key. They need bright light

[@DeesBotanicalBliss]

I did my masters degree in architecture designing a botanical garden I hope to see it built someday in Iraq !! This is amazing and inspiring! Thank you for this video 🙏🏻

[@onlyplants]

I hope so too! Every city needs this ❤️

[@gilliecaparas5293]

If I were a billionaire many times over, I'd build a greenhouse to curate the numerous endemic plants we have in the Philippines. Sadly, many are lost laready due to agiculture and human settlement, encroaching in forested areas, and of course due to climate change.

[@onlyplants]

Me too. I wish rich people gave back to this world more.

[@kazochrymowicz3076]

I could stay there for ever.

[@onlyplants]

🥰🥰

[@kazochrymowicz3076]

@@onlyplants I love all nature. I have good collection of cacti, bonsai etc:

[@raymondrai5453]

Wow 🤩🌿🌷. Love from India 💙

[@onlyplants]

Thanks Raymond

[@mollys1584]

Sean this was a fabulous tour! The music you chose really complimented the content. Well done!

[@onlyplants]

Nice! Thank you this is so encouraging ❤️

[@yororo0820]

how gorgeous!! I really enjoyed this tour

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@Pepi-oc4ce]

Es lo más ➕ parecido a Pandora 📼 de AVATAR verdaderamente precioso sobresaliente ❤❤❤❤

[@onlyplants]

Gracias ❤️❤️

[@keilamariazeferino1935]

O lugar mais lindo que já vi na minha vida, maravilhoso 😮❤, obrigada

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa thank you. Happy to read this

[@minetoad27a5]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing! Love your personality and energy! ❤

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@eleanormtangi4580]

It's one of your best videos, I must say. I'm enjoying the tour

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa this means a lot. Thank you

[@Tminus89]

What a perfect place to check out on this cloudy day here at home :)

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. Hope that sky clear up soon

[@MariaSanchez-pf1zh]

Beautiful garden the plants the place thank you for sharing us.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you for coming with 😀

[@timgarner1957]

Awesome episode Thanks for your hard work...I can relate to you as last 5 years my interest in plants have taken off..to the point I can't learn enough about em..lol..to the point I built my own greenhouse and in process of building another for houseplants..lol

[@onlyplants]

Haha yes, and our family and loved ones watch our passion grow with awe 😅

[@vickokoszka6836]

SOME EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE STRUCTURES TO HOUSE THESE BOTANICAL TREASURES

[@onlyplants]

I know right! 😀

[@JailsonVitor-vp8rl]

Muito obrigado pela experiência.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you too ❤️

[@DoraJardinagem]

Assistindo do Brasil, excelente vídeo, parabéns

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️❤️

[@UtukushiDAE2007]

😅there! That's my hoya - carnosa! The blooms are like falling stars and it emits a sweet scent!

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@kythuatvuonnam1078]

Một khu vườn tuyệt đẹp cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ ❤

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@confusion054]

amazing video! love the background music

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@TyZaTube]

Gorgeous

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@killakahl]

I want to visit- I love Botanical gardens

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@radhakrishnaprabhu1969]

Very nice... ❤

[@onlyplants]

Thank you ❤️

[@vickokoszka6836]

The main flowering bromeliads were grown in pots and curated to create an almost FLORIST display. Nicely done...

[@onlyplants]

💯 😀

[@michellelu160]

Oh wow.... really looks very similar to Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. Even has the wooden sculptures.

[@onlyplants]

😀😀