The Perdana Botanical Gardens in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was proposed in 1888 as a botanical garden located in a valley. It took 10 years to complete the project, and was formally opened in 1889. Over the years it has been renamed from the Public Garden to Taman Tasik Perdana to its current name. The gardens feature a lake, butterfly park, bird park, deer park and areas for picnics, jogging and other activities among its landscaped grounds.

1. NAME : TEH WEI HONG
STUDENT ID : 0323743
MODULE : Effective Public Communication [COM 30103]
SESSION : September, 2015
LECTURER : PERSIS RODRIGUES
SUBMISSION DATE : 27th January, 2016 (Tuesday)
PRESENTATION DATE : 27th January, 2016 (Tuesday)
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: ORAL
PRESENTATION (PART 2)

2. Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur
The Lake Gardens is a beautiful vast piece of greenery. It’s
probably one of the few pieces of green lands left in this modern
city of Kuala Lumpur.

3. Historical background of Perdana
Botanical Gardens
The colonial-era park was the brainchild of Alfred Venning, the British State Treasurer of Selangor in
the late 19th century. In 1888, Venning proposed that a botanical garden be built in the valley of
Sungei Bras Bras, and the British Resident Frank Swettenham agreed to the scheme and authorised
a small grant from the State funds for the garden. Venning laid out the plan for a park of 173 acres
(700,000 m2) which included an "experimental economic garden", cleared the area of scrubs and
lalang, and planted ornamental flowering trees and shrubs. The scheme attracted public support,
and a leading figure of the Cantonese community, Towkay Chow Ah Yeok, contributed a hundred
chempaka and orange trees to the initial planting programme in 1888. An ornamental lake was
created by damming up Sungei Bras Bras, which was then named Sydney Lake after Swettenham's
wife (the lake is now known as Perdana Lake). The project took nearly ten years to complete, but
the garden was formally opened on 13 May 1889, just a year after work began, by the Governor of
the Straits Settlements, Sir Cecil Clementi Smith.

4. Historical background of Perdana
Botanical Gardens
1888
a botanical garden’s
proposal approved
1888
Starting clearing the
area, prepared to
built
1898
It tooks 10 years
to complete the
whole park
1889
The garden was
formally opened a
year after the work
began

5. Historical background of Perdana
Botanical Gardens
Initial name
Public Garden
1975
Renamed Taman Tasik Perdana /
Perdana Lake gardens
2011
Renamed again to Perdana Botanical
Gardens

6. Structure and layout of the Perdana
Botanical Gardens

7. Structure and layout of the Perdana
Botanical Gardens

8. Structure and layout of the Perdana
Botanical Gardens
Butterfly Park
Bird Park
Deer Park

9. Type of the park
Urban Park - An urban park/metropolitan park, also known as
a municipal park (North America) or a public park, is a park in cities and
other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of,
and visitors to, the municipality. The design, operation and maintenance is
usually done by government, typically on the local level, but may occasionally
be contracted out to a private sector company.

10. Activities can be done in Perdana
Botanical Gardens
Classic Playground
Activities
Picnic

11. Activities can be done in Perdana
Botanical Gardens
Playing with your
pets
Jogging

12. Activities can be done in Perdana
Botanical Gardens
Cycli
ng
Barbeque
party

13. Activities can be done in Perdana
Botanical Gardens

14. Types of materials used
Turf
Wood
Cement

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