Forsgate Conservatory — Attraction in Hong Kong

We often pop into the Forsgate Conservatory when visiting Hong Kong Park. This is a free place to visit and a decent place to spend 20-30 minutes to see the vegetation, plants and flowers housed at their three room facility.

The Display Plant House, found on the ground floor, has a fair collection of potted orchid plants and other garden variety vegetation that is nice to see. Upstairs you will find a Dry Plant House with cacti and other arid region vegetation.

As you walk past this room, you then enter the Humid Plant House, where more tropical plant life is found. This room in particular is better to visit in the spring time when more blooms are in season. During the summer, its a more green and less colourful from what we have seen over the years.

As you exit the building, you will see water on both sides with lily pads. If you listen carefully, you will probably hear the frogs which reside in this pool area. They are usually croaking when we pass by. If you are patient enough, you can often pick out one or two somewhere in the small pond.

In the end, the conservatory is a nice place to make a quick visit when visiting Hong Kong Park. It is small but free as well so why not have a...

Such a great shame to see staffs chuck away all the blossoming flower pots in the routine flower display renewal. I don’t know how often they do it but 20-30 fresh flower pots were thrown into the bin bags without a glimpse of love or care. Including all the pots and soil. I would thought such a place would at least be environmental friendly. It’s not just about...

The Forsgate conservatory is located inside the Hong Kong Park above the pondside restaurant and near the aviary. It's divided into several sections with a section dedicated to orchids and a dry plant section for cacti. There's also a large area with a pathway that has artificial waterfalls. This place...