Kebun Raya Jagadnatha_Bagus Darmawan

Jagatnatha Jembrana Botanical Garden

               Jagatnatha Jembrana Botanical Garden is one of the unique tourist destinations that combines the functions of plant conservation, education, botanical research and recreation. This botanical garden has an area of ​​5.8 hectares which is located on the main route of the Gilimanuk-Denpasar highway connecting the Dauhwaru village, Jembrana District, Jembrana Regency, Bali Province. Unlike other botanical gardens, a collection of plants in the Jagatnatha Jembrana Botanical Garden takes thematic concepts with the priority of upakara plants (plants for traditional ceremonies of Hindus) and Usada (traditional Balinese medicinal plants). The theme is in accordance with the pattern of the Hindu Jembrana community which is considered very religious and is bound to perform various cults through ceremonies that use various types of plants as offerings.

               Visitors to the Jagatnatha Botanical Gardens can relax and enjoy the beauty and beauty of the botanical garden while studying the benefits of various types of collection plants for everyday life. In addition, visitors can visit the Agung Jagatnatha Temple which is located in the location of the botanical garden. This place of worship was built grand and spacious with typical Balinese artistic reliefs. On certain days visitors can also watch the Jembrana cultural arts performance at the Pura Agung Jagatnatha main stadium.

               This time the Jagatnatha Botanical Garden has a different type of botanical garden that has been in the minds of the people who are located in the highlands. Jagatnatha Botanical Garden is a type of lowland and urban botanical garden similar to the botanical garden in Purwodadi which has a hot climate. Aside from being a tourist attraction Artha also advised that later plants or species planted in the Jagatnatha Regional Botanical Garden are related to the ceremonial facilities and infrastructure of the Balinese community, besides that medicinal plants (usada bali) can also be preserved and researched for the benefit of many people . And I target that the construction of this botanical garden lasts three years, "he added.

               Continuing development activities will begin this May. Head of the Jembrana Environmental Agency (LH) I Ketut Kariadi Erawan, said the continued development activities of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Works included renovation of Hall, renovation of bridges in new places to enter the botanical gardens, and a number of other arrangements. Funds from the center will also be used to build a number of supporting facilities, including toilets and plazas. Aside from the central government, continued Kariadi, the Jembrana Regency Government in 2018 also carried out a number of activities to support the construction of botanical gardens in the city area of ​​the country. Such as the expansion of front parking areas that have already begun to be implemented, renovation of ticket sites, and construction of reliefs of the Jagatnatha Botanical Garden.