In 1992, the garden’s founder Chen Tsang-hsing saw an old camphor tree lying dead in front of a camphor oil factory. However, the dead tree was still budding. It deeply moved Chen, prompting him to buy the tree so that he could bring it back to life. It resulted in the establishment of a shelter for old trees, which was later turned into a garden for Taiwan’s native plants and trees. The garden, after having been expanded and added with new attractions over the past decade, is now the largest and most acclaimed garden in Taiwan, boasting various kinds of rare flowers, trees and stones. It has the potential to become a world-class garden.
　　Starting from a shelter for old trees, the garden is now home to a great variety of flowers and trees. Greeting visitors at the entrance are old cypress trees. Lined on the two sides of the main path leading into the garden are giant ebony trees. Walk on, and you’ll see red sandalwood trees, the leaves of which change colors throughout the four seasons, orange jasmine trees that evoke a deep sense of Zen in the mind of the viewer, Podocarpus macrophyllus trees that are quiet and serene, Chinese hackberry-themed landscapes, a zone featuring dying trees coming back to life, and native Sago palms. There are also pavilions, terraces, towers, small bridges, flowing water, waterfalls, and rare stones, which make the garden beautiful everywhere.

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