{"id":995,"date":"2019-08-15T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarinigarenglish.wordpress.com\/2019\/08\/15\/mirijjawila-botanical-garden\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:45:28","slug":"mirijjawila-botanical-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarinigar.com\/english\/mirijjawila-botanical-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirijjawila Botanical Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6685 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarinigar.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mirijjawila-Botanical-Garden.jpg?resize=300%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mirijjawila Botanical Garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarinigar.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mirijjawila-Botanical-Garden.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarinigar.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mirijjawila-Botanical-Garden.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Mirijjawila Botanical Garden or Dry Zone Botanic Garden is being established in Mirijjawila in the Hambantota district. This is the first botanical garden to be established in the dry zone in Sri Lanka.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mirijjawila Botanical Garden is located on the Colombo-Kataragama main road. It has the Mattala International Airport on its left side and the Hambantota Harbour on its right side. This garden being established in a dry landscape would provide much relief and peace of mind to the visitors and promotion of tourism and providing botanical knowledge to the younger generation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div>The Garden will comprise ornamental flower cultivation, commercial flower cultivation and facilities to undertake studies on trees.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mirijjawila Botanical Garden or Dry Zone Botanic Garden is being established in Mirijjawila in the Hambantota district. 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