Purwodadi Botanical Garden

Source: Private document, 2022

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History and Profile
        Purwodadi Botanical Garden is a plant conservation center established on January 30, 1941 by Dr. Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking. However, the botanical garden first became operational on March 10, 1963. After it was opened to the public, in 1980 supporting facilities began to be built, the plant management system in the garden was organized, and the plant collection was grouped according to the family of each plant. This botanical garden is a branch or expansion of the Bogor Botanical Garden which was established since the Dutch colonial or known as Lands Plantentuin Buitenzorg.

        In 1986, the Purwodadi Botanical Garden was reorganized into Cabang Balai Pengembangan of Purwodadi Botanical Garden under the Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan (Puslitbang Biologi) LIPI along with 2 other branches. In 2001, in accordance to the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia No. 103 2001 Number: 1151/M/2001 LIPI was reorganized that made  the Purwodadi Botanical Garden changes the status to the Unit Pelaksana Teknis of Purwodadi Botanical Garden. In 2021 Presidential Decree No.33 2021 states that the Purwodadi Botanical Garden is under the auspices of the Badan Riset Inovasi Nasional (BRIN).

        Purwodadi Botanical Garden has a land area of 85 hectares and is at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level. The garden is located on Jalan Surabaya-Malang KM.65, in Purwosari Village, Purwodadi District, Pasuruan Regency- East Java, specifically is around 24 km North of Malang and about 65 km South of Surabaya. Purwodadi Botanical Garden is one of the three branches of the Indonesian Botanical Garden (Bogor Botanical Garden). The three branches of the botanical garden are the Purwodadi Botanical Garden (Pasuruan- East Java), the Cibodas Botanical Garden (Bogor-West Java), the Bali Botanical Garden or Eka Karya Bali (Tabanan-Bali). The collections of these three botanical gardens are different, as an example in the collection of the plants are those which grow in dry lowlands. The botanical garden has 5 pillars, namely:
  1. Conservation
    Botanical garden is a place to preserve plant diversity outside of its natural habitat (ex-situ) as a collection of high scientific value, and used as a place for endangered plants.
  2. Education
    Botanical garden is a place to provide information for anyone who comes to increase insight in the fields of agriculture, environment, plant utilization to stimulate the community to care about plant conservation.
  3. Research
    Botanical garden facilitates research and development in the field of botany and plant conservation.
  4. Tourism
    Botanical garden is an outdoor tourist attraction in the middle of city so many people visit to enjoy the fresh air.
  5. Environmental Services
    Botanical garden has many benefits and good impact on the surrounding environment, such as: providing clean air, absorbing carbon dioxide so as to reduce pollution. Besides, water systems become clean because due ti good biological.