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Penang Botanical Gardens 126th Year Ceremony – Penang Botanical Gardens was established in 1884. It also known as waterfalls gardens nowadays. The history back to 1884 when English, Dutch and Portuguese were competing to monopolize the spice business in the archipelago and Botanical Gardens had been used by England to be the breeding site for plants that were high in economy values. Various kinds of spices were introduced and planted there to encourage the widespread cultivation in the farm. Lately in 1956, the Penang State Government took over the garden and appointed the local residents.

In conjunction with 126 years of the Penang Botanical Garden establishment, various events will be held all year round from April till December 2010. Those events can be found in the Penang 2010 Calendar Of Events. One of the events is Symposium of 126 years of Penang Botanical Gardens in September. Other events such as Penang Flower Festival will begin from 27th November 2010 until 5th December 2010.