Immortal Lake Botanical Garden are one of Shenzhen's more pleasant areas, a famous botanical garden and beauty spot integrating science research, popular science and tourism. Botanical gardens are not spectacular but this large, green and clean space is a refreshing and welcome change from the rest of this concrete city. The gardens cover about 590 hectares and are located in the northeast of the city on Xianhu Road with the majestic Wutong Mountain behind.

The gardens are designed according to traditional principles of Chinese garden design and there are more than 3,000 different types of plant here. The gardens also contain a plant research institute. There are a few nice pavilions scattered about that provide shelter from the sun.

Totally, it conserves more than 6,2000 plants and has built more than 10 special botanical areas such as the Cycad Center, the Magnolia Garden, the Rare Tree Garden, the Palm Garden, the Bamboo Area, the Shady Plant Area, the Desert Plant Area, the Gingko Garden, the Hydrophyte Garden, the Peach Flower Garden, the Gymnosperm Area and the Bonsai Garden etc.

It is divided into the Heaven on Earth Landscape Area, the Lake Area, the Temple Area, the Desert Plant Area, the Fossil Forest Landscape Area and the Pine, Cypress and Rhododendron Area etc and the unique Paleontological Museum as well. With the beautiful natural scenes, unique garden architectures and mysterious plants, the garden wins the praise of the visitors. The Palm Area, with tender and green grasses and coconut and palms distributing inside, shows us a vivid tropic scene; the Shady Plant Area hides insectivores ready for preying and the dancing orchids with brilliant flowers, like a beautiful maid of honor dancing elegantly; the Fossil Forest has erecting agate fossils and many old trees memorizing the past time, seeming to tell you the history of the earth; in the desert greenhouse, psammophytes are flourishing and brilliant; in the morning, the echoing bell of the Hongfa Temple and the slow and orderly chanting are solemn; in the evening, the lake water is shining, with the inverted reflections of green trees and booths, like a picture, amazing and fantastic!