In January 2008, less than a year after ground breaking, Li formally invited scholars and media to take a look at the center; by that time he had collected 4,601 species, the most diverse collection in Taiwan.
短短不到一年的經營，到 2008 年元月正式邀請學界與媒體到園參觀時，已蒐集 4,601 種，當時已是全國最豐富的收藏。