Golden Osmanthus Garden

Golden Osmanthus Garden

Golden Osmanthus Garden

Golden Osmanthus Garden is located at Guanzizhai in Mingyue Mountain, about 5 kilometers from the county seat, at an altitude of 750–900 meters, covering nearly 1,000 acres. It lies at the junction of Dianjiang, Linshui, and Dazhu. The garden is named after three century-old golden osmanthus trees located about 1 kilometer in front of the property.

Established in 2001, Golden Osmanthus Garden focuses primarily on developing small-scale eco-tourism farming and breeding operations, along with the deep processing of traditional fruits, meats, and wines. The garden features zoned planting and breeding, well-connected roads, organized irrigation and drainage, orderly management, seasonal scenic beauty, and pollution-free entertainment, dining, and lodging options.

The fruits grown in Golden Osmanthus Garden are predominantly among the finest varieties in the world, such as Japanese Hiratanenashi pears, Akihime plums, firm-fleshed peaches, Japanese sweet persimmons, rose-scented oranges, Korean Wonhwang pears, American Black Diamond plums, and Taiwanese Ponkan oranges. In addition, many high-quality minor varieties are planted, such as loquats, pomegranates, apricots, and black-skinned cherries. As for livestock and aquaculture, the garden raises cold-water fish (naturally fed with mountain spring water), free-range chickens, black goats, and natural honey. There are also large areas planted with Australian pasture grass, which remains green year-round, grows up to 20 centimeters tall, blooms for 10 months of the year, and offers rich nutrition—making it excellent feed for cattle, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, and fish.

Golden Osmanthus Garden boasts abundant water sources, high-quality water, and fresh air, with all farming and breeding activities remaining entirely natural and pollution-free. The seasonal highlights here can be summed up as “admiring flowers in spring, tasting fruits in summer, enjoying foliage in autumn, and playing in the snow in winter.” In spring, vast expanses of plum blossoms and pear blossoms bloom in snow-white hues cascading toward the horizon, framed by red peach blossoms—a poetic scene of “verdant elegance wrapped in crimson, extraordinarily enchanting.” In summer, peaches, plums, pears, and loquats ripen in succession. The mountain breeze carries the rich aroma of ripe fruit, allowing visitors to breathe in Golden Osmanthus Garden’s uniquely “fruity air”—a truly refreshing and intoxicating experience. In autumn, the most distinctive Japanese sweet persimmons ripen, their thick, honey-like fragrance luring you into the persimmon groves. You can simply pick a large, ripe persimmon from the tree and eat it right away (this variety requires no post-harvest ripening), savoring its sweet, fragrant pulp that fills your heart with joy. Even more spectacular is October during golden autumn, when the persimmon leaves turn a blazing red, covering the trees and forests like a passionate blaze of life. In winter, the various fruits that ripened in summer and autumn have been made into delicious preserved fruits, liquors, and beverages; pollution-free pork, lamb, chicken, and fish have been processed into cured products—everything is ready and waiting for visitors. When the lunar month of La arrives, while fishermen in Hainan are still casting nets bare-armed, Golden Osmanthus Garden is blanketed in auspicious snow, transforming into a silver world. Each snowfall lasts 7–10 days, with snow accumulation reaching 10–15 centimeters. In the leafless orchards, every tree is adorned with dense icicles, creating a sparkling, boundless landscape resembling the fairy-tale palace of Snow White.