Shenzhen Institute of Landscape Gardening (SILG) is a comprehensive institute, which is directly under Shenzhen Urban Administration Bureau, is made up of 4 departments including the Department of Administration, the Department of Gardening Design, the Department of Scientific Research and the Department of Outcome Promotion. The total number of the staff is 40, including 3 vice researchers, 3 senior engineers and 10 engineers, we also have 1 doctor, 2 doctors in studying, 5 masters and 15 bachelors.

     At present, the Institute has a comprehensive building about 3000m², a specimen garden nearly 22000m² and an experimental nursery 40000m².

     Had been founded for over twenty years, the Institute strives to research on the traditional gardening, horticulture and flowers. In recent years, according to the principle of “Eco-garden City” required by Shenzhen Government, the institute has broadened its research range to the areas such as the urban environment, the city management, the industry standard making of the garden and so on. All these improvements made great contributions to the project that helping Shenzhen to be awarded the title “The International Garden City”. At present, the major research orientations of institute are: Plant and urban environment, Flower introducing and cultivating, Insect pest prevention and cure, Urban soil and substrate, Scenic design and plant choosing, etc.

     By roughly calculated, the total number of the research tasks of the institute is 23, including 1 task from the Ministry of Science and Technology, 1 task from the Ministry of Agriculture, 9 tasks from the Shenzhen Bureau of Science technology and Information, and 12 tasks from the Shenzhen Urban Administration Bureau. The institute had completed 15 tasks already, and five of them had been awarded Second and Third Prize of Shenzhen Science and Technology Progress award. In 1999, On behalf of Shenzhen City, Institute took part in the “EXPO ’99”, and it won a special prize, 2 gold cups, 4 silver cups and 6 copper cups. In the fifth International Garden & Flower Exposition 2004, the “Urban Garden” which designed by the institute was awarded the silver prize.