Shenyang Botanical Garden is a tourism resort giving priority to botanical research, science and, scenery, and also integrating natural and human scenery. The garden locates at Dongling District of Shenyang, and covers an area of 211 ha. In which, chains of mountains, poppling lake water, emerald green pine and fir tree, clusters of flowers, and strips of waterfalls can all be founded. In the garden, there are altogether over 1700 kinds of plants from northeast, northwest, and north part of China, as well as Inner Mongolia. Some of them are rare plants and threatened plants, and Shenyang Botanical Garden is the one with the maximum types of plants in northeast China. Besides, the abundant recreational activities are even appealing here, especially the over fifty recreational bridges with novel patterns and various functions, and the adventuring and thrilling rock climbing.
There are beautiful sceneries around the year: fragrance of clove, rose, and acacia flower at dawn of summer; the colored leaves and countless fruits lies about in deep autumn; and snow over green pine and elegant birch also enlightens the sever winter. Several large-scale flower shows are also rare scenery of Shenyang, which includes: Tulip Show in May; peony and fleur-de-lis show in June, Lily Show in July, Dahlia Show in August, and Chrysanthemum Show in September. Each of these flower shows would attract large quantities of tourists.