Bedugul - Eka Karya Botanical Garden
The name "Eka Karya" for Bali Botanic Garden proposed by I Made Taman. "Eka" means One and "Karya" means the Work Results. So "Eka Karya" can be interpreted as the first botanical gardens which is the result of the Indonesian nation itself after Indonesian independence. This botanical garden is devoted to collectinggymnosperms (needle-leaved plants) from all over the world because these types can grow well in the botanical gardens. Many of the first collection were imported from Bogor Botanical Garden and Cibodas Botanical Garden, among others are Araucaria Bidwillii, Cupresus Sempervirens and Pinus Masoniana. Other types of plants that are native to this area included Podocarpus Imbricatus and Casuarina Junghuhniana.
Since opening, the development of Bedugul Botanical Garden "Eka Karya" always have a situation up and down with the alternation of management, between Bali Provincial Forest Service and the management of Botanic Garden itself. Bedugul Botanical Gardens have been managed for 2 times by Bali Provincial Forestry Office, on 15 July 1959 - 16 May 1964. And after the events of the G 30 S / PKI (1966-1975), the management of the gardens directly by the botanical garden staff itself for 2 periods, since 16 May 1964 - December 1965 and 1 April 1975 until now.
From 1964 until today, the Bali Botanic Gardens "Eka Karya" has experienced 11 times changes in leadership with various renewal. Under the leadership of I Gede Ranten, B.Sc (1975 - 1977) botanical gardens expanded until 129.2 hectares. The expansion was inaugurated by the Chairman of Indonesian Institute of SciencesProf.Dr.Ir. Tubagus Bachtiar Rifai on 30 April 1976 and was marked by planting of the plant Chamae Cyparis Obtusa.
Under the leadership of Ir. Mustaid Siregar, M.Si ( 2001 - present ) botanical gardens expanded again to become 157.5 hectares. Although at the beginning of the establishment devoted to the conservation of coniferous plants ( gymnosperms ), the Botanical Garden located at an altitude of 1250-1450 m above sea level with temperatures ranging between 18-20 ° C and humidity of 70-90 % is developed into conservation of tropical mountains plant of eastern Indonesia. The current status is the Technical Implementation Unit Botanical Garden Plant Conservation Center "Eka Karya" Bali (Decree of the Head of Indonesian Institute of Sciences No. 1019/M/2002, 12 June 2002) and the Special Purpose Zone as Forest Education and Research for allotment of botanical gardens "Eka Karya" Bali (Decree of the Minister of Forestry Indonesia No. 252/Kpts-II/2003, 28 July 2003). With a collection of thousands of plants that are not only from Indonesia, the Botanical Gardens "Eka Karya" Bali is a suitable place for research, education and tourism.
