Today, the garden, occupying an area of some eight hectares and run by the Forestry Research Institute of the Taiwan Provincial Government, contains more than 1,400 species of trees, palms and shrubs belonging to the tropical, sub-tropical and temperate zones.
植物園隸屬於台灣省林業實驗所，成立於民國前十七年，佔地八公頃多，園中種植各類植物達一千四百多種。在東南亞，沒有比它所有更多的。知識的寶庫它是研究植物分類、鑑定、生長及實用方面最具規模的機構。