Hong Kong: Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden

Today we ventured 'up north' into the new territories to visit the Kadoorie Farm (嘉道理農場暨植物園) - an organically-run farm which promotes conservation etc. Great to be out of the City for a while. Very quiet and peaceful there.

Made me nostalgic to see organic veg being grown -- missing the plotment!

Here's what wiki says about the place:

The Kadoorie brothers, Lord Lawrence Kadoorie and Sir Horace Kadoorie, planted the seeds for Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden when they founded the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association in 1951. The aim of association was to encourage the right mental outlook by helping people to help themselves through training, supply of agricultural inputs and interest-free loans. In 1956, the association established an experimental and extension farm at Pak Ngau Shek on the present site as a centre for demonstrating crop production and animal husbandry, improving livestock breeds and training local farmers and Hong Kong based Gurkha soldiers. Special breeds of pigs and chickens were developed which could cope with the local conditions. The result was revitalization, not only of the local economy, but also of the hopes and dreams of the people of the New Territories.

And their website.

Cool place!

M