The Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, carries the memory of Mr. William Lloyd, an old, generous and well known resident of Darjeeling, who in 1878 donated one of the beautiful 40acres land within the heart of town for creation of this botanical garden in the Himalaya as a branch establishment of the than Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. The landscaping was done with terracing under the guidance of Late George King with arranging a variety of combination of alpine plants Arum, Lilies, Geraniums, free flowering Composite, spectacular Azaleas, Rhododendrons and various conifers. The indigenous plants in the Garden represent more or less the characteristic flora of the Sikkim Himalayas.The Garden was handed over to Silviculture (Hills) Division, Research wing, of the Forest Directorate Government of West Bengal, during the year 28th July, 1994 and since then the Garden is maintained and developed by this Division.
