Shanghai Botanical Garden

Unexpectedly awesome. Lived here for fifteen years and just stumbled on it while on a bike ride. Came on a nice weekend and it was not crowded. The park itself is free to enter but the enclosed greenhouses cost 30rmb to visit all 4. Really cool, nice place for a walk around (it’s huge). Will be back for sure.

A hidden gem not mentioned a lot in Shanghai tourist guide pick a good weather day though , free entrance but there is a ticket to get into the green houses

Beautiful gardens where you can easily spend half a day just strolling around.

Absolutely incredible peaceful place in the busy city. The Penjing/Bonsai garden was jaw dropping.

Beautiful park. It will take 2-3 hours to visit. Highly recommended. To get there use metro line N3 and get off at Shilong road station. Then its 5 min walk to entrance N4 (north).

Similar with Garden by the bay. Beautiful garden with 3 main domes. Aesthetically made in every corner with ground aircon within few steps. So even it's incredibly hot, the breeze helps a lot in every few steps. We only visited the expo because we only had a little time and there were still many places we wanted to visit, so we missed a lot of nearby freebies spots, like flower gardens and the famous bridge and lake on the back side of the expo. The bridge is also not connected to the expo, so we didn't go there because to get there you have to go around the expo from the entrance from the outside which is an open grassland like a dog days of the summer. The garden on the basement (in front of expo entrance) was closed during our visit.

Lovely place to visit, lots flowers and plant, most of them I have never seen and heard. There are several areas to demonstrate specified topic. It is worthy to stay half day with happy mind and camera to capture all of them. Recommend season is the spring, summer days will be hard for kids and the old. Opening time starts from 0700, entrance fee is free for age over 70.

The bonsai collection includes a 400-year-old juniper trained using copper wires that have fossilized into the bark. In the medicinal herb garden, QR codes reveal how each plant's chemical compounds interact with human biology. The tropical greenhouse maintains 90% humidity using a passive system of water curtains and stone evaporation walls—no electrical humidifiers needed. Spring brings a spectacular display of peonies bred to bloom sequentially, creating a "wave" effect across the beds.