VERIFIED2026.09.11Chengdu Panda Base and the Northern Suburbs · 30.766°N 104.119°E
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The municipal botanical garden at Tianhui, on the northern edge of the city — a ¥10 ticket bought at the gate, a Line 3 station named after it, and long hours (6:30-20:00 in summer). It is the city's hibiscus research garden (the hibiscus is Chengdu's flower), with a desert-plant house and a children's science hall, and it is where locals go for cherry blossom in spring and ginkgo in autumn. Two stops beyond the Panda Base on Line 3 — a green, ticket-window-simple afternoon after a panda morning.
EntranceLine 3 Botanical Garden (Zhiwuyuan) station; buses 143, 254, 650, 659, 660, X15 to the Zhiwuyuan stop
Last verified 2026-09-11
How to book
Ticket office at the gate; no advance booking publishedVerified · 2026-09Source ↗
ID details
No ID rule for standard entry; concessions require proof. Single tickets: no document. Half price (¥5): youths over 1.3 m and full-time students up to undergraduate on a student card — whether a foreign student card counts is not written (unknown). Free entry on originals: 60+ (ID or seniors' card), disabled visitors (disability card + ID), serving and retired soldiers, retirement-certificate holders with one companion; annual pass is real-name (official ticket page) — see the city tips note on concessions.
Beat the crowds
Cherry-blossom weekends in March are the crowded moments; otherwise a quiet park.
Language
Chinese signage; the website has no English section. Visitor line 028-83583439.