Mehan Garden Manila

Governor Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero established the Mehan garden, one of the botanical gardens established in Asia by European Colonial Powers. Sebastián Vidal came to the Philippines in 1871 to work in the forestry services and was the best-known garden director between 1878 and his death in 1889.

Popular Science Monthly described him as "practically a pioneer in the investigation of the Philippine flora" in his obituary. The American occupiers of Manila decided that the site was more suitable for a public park and not as a botanical garden. It was renamed after Jon C. Mehan, who was in charge of Manila's parks and sanitations in 1913. It was declared in 1934 by National Historical Institute as a historical site.

Mehan Garden is an open space in Manila, Philippines. It was established in 1858 by the Spanish colonial authorities as a botanical garden, called the Jardín Botánico, outside the walled city.

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