Wujin Yilin Garden

　　Wujin Xiaxi Ornamental Plant Technology Demonstration Garden (Yilin Garden) was built by Changzhou Houyu Flower and Tree Co., Ltd., introducing hundreds of new varieties of rare, unique, high-quality, and scarce ornamental flowers, plants, and seedlings. Relying on Nanjing Agricultural University, the garden implements efficient cultivation techniques to accelerate the promotion, transformation, and utilization of premium seedlings, bulbs, seeds, and horticultural technologies. By the end of 2000, it had established a 66.67-hectare base for introducing new flower varieties, 32,000 square meters of greenhouses, and promoted cultivation over an area of 2,000 hectares. In 2002, the company invested over 30 million yuan to build Yilin Garden, a 100-acre premium flower and tree demonstration garden integrating scientific research, public education, production, sales, and leisure tourism. The garden employs the national patent “Rapid Rooting Method for Transplanting Large Trees,” exclusively developed by Dai Suofang, the company’s general manager, focusing primarily on planting ancient and rare trees and flowers over a hundred years old, such as osmanthus, elm, pomegranate, and ginkgo.

　　The garden’s entrance arch, shaped like an ancient tree, stands 23 meters tall. A rockery connected by ancient trees stretches approximately 150 meters, with trees growing on trees, creating an extraordinary and majestic sight. The scenic features of the park highlight the qualities of being rare, unique, high-quality, ancient, scarce, peculiar, and precious. After its completion, the park was opened to the public free of charge and has received high praise from all sectors of society.

　　In 2001, this demonstration garden was jointly named the “Wujin Science Popularization Demonstration Base” by the Wujin Municipal Association for Science and Technology (now a district) and the Science and Technology Bureau. By the end of 2002, it passed the assessment and acceptance organized by the China Association for Science and Technology and was designated as a “National Rural Science Popularization Demonstration Base.” In May 2003, after its completion, it became the largest production, research, and base in southern Jiangsu for rapid rooting of ancient and giant trees, rapid propagation of ornamental bamboo, and research on ornamental plant landscaping.