(1.CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China;2.Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; 3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)
Abstract:Specified Plant Gardens Design Code is a local standard featuring the plan and design of specified plant gardens. It guides and standardizes the scientific and sustainable designs of botanical gardens, specified plant parks and themed areas for collecting and displaying specified plants in parks of Hubei Province, and serves as a reference for the relevant designs in Central and Eastern China. It also further supplements the design content of the specified plant gardens in the Standard for Design of Botanical Garden. Several issues involved in the compilation, advice seeking, and evaluation phases of the code are explained and discussed in this paper. It aims to promote a better understanding of the code among the peers, and provide references for both the government departments and individuals responsible for the construction and operation management of the specified plant gardens.