After going through the following steps, a bottle of delicious honey is ready! Nectar Source: Hong Kong's nectar sources are mainly divided into two categories: fruit trees and native trees. The form...
Most visitors arrive at KFBG by taking the 64K bus from Tai Po. The route has numerous stops and can be a lengthy bus ride. While you may be used to looking down on your phone, watching outside the w...
Caught on camera: wild animals enjoying our crops and mitigation measures to limit damage
21 March 2020
21 March 2020
Carrying out organic agriculture adjacent to a private nature reserve has its inherent pressures. One being the challenge of trying to live in harmony with wild animals attracted by the concentrated ...
In 2012, Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden set out to recreate natural forest across a swathe of secondary grassland on its uppermost slopes. The aspiration to do so came from recognition of the fac...
For Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG), animal rescue and conservation is data driven. It involves recording data of every received animal, sharing appropriate data with institutions worldwide, ...
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Wild Animal Rescue Centre (Rescue Centre) has received the 50,000th animal since its establishment in 1994. This marks an important milestone and also coincide...
A flush of green and burgundy bursts across our forest restoration site upon the arrival of spring. The array of colours, shapes and textures speaks for the diversity of 250 native tree species. This...
Mimicry is perhaps one of the most intriguing aspects of wildlife adaptation/ecology. Whilst some examples are obvious, others are more obscure. We often come across stories of remarkable mimicry amo...
The successful propagation of an endemic species – Begonia hongkongensis is in bloom
8 November 2018
8 November 2018
Back in 2005, staff from the Flora Conservation Department discovered and described a new species of plant found in a biodiversity survey. This species, Begonia honkongensis, is endemic to Kau Keng S...
Forest restoration milestone - Hong Kong rare oak species flowering for the first time
4 September 2018
4 September 2018
Hu's oak (Cyclobalanosis hui) - an extremely rare native oak species, is showing a rebound at our tree planting site. There are approximately 20 known mature trees in only one specific location in Ho...