Meinong Shuangxi Arboretum Trail

The Meinong Shuangxi Tree Garden Trail, so named because of the two creeks that converge and surround it, is located at the upstream of Meinong Creek in the northeast corner of Meinong Town. The garden originally was the 7.56-hectare Zhutoujiao Tropical Tree Garden built by the Japanese in 1935 to collect, bring in and cultivate precious or economically valuable trees. After Taiwan was recovered, not many new trees were planted, but there was not much man-made interference, either. Hence, the original tropical species were updated and some secondary Taiwanese species were also brought in. In the future, efforts will be made to turn it into a natural ecological park for educational and conservational purposes.