One of the best place to visit near to Kathmandu is Godawari. Godawari is a southern town in Godawari Municipality in Lalitpur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. In Dec 2014, Nepal government merged five Village Development Committees including Godawari to create Godawari Municipality. In 2011, it had a population of 15,572 in 1,825 individual households. It is one of the popular hiking destinations in Nepal for its rich wildlife and splendid environment. Within Nepal, Godawari is also famous for its botanical garden where different plants and trees can be found.
A botanical garden or botanic garden is a garden dedicated to the collection, cultivation and display of a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names. It may contain specialist plant collections such as cacti and other succulent plants, herb gardens, plants from particular parts of the world, and so on; there may be greenhouses, shadehouses, again with special collections such as tropical plants, alpine plants, or other exotic plants. Visitor services at a botanical garden might include tours, educational displays, art exhibitions, book rooms, open-air theatrical and musical performances, and other entertainment.
