Against the backdrop of the establishment of National Botanical Gardens, the Shanghai Botanical Garden has committed to constructing a wild germplasm resource bank for East China and to developing a system of specialized gardens. The Camellia Garden is the primary focus for advancement, with eff orts directed towards addressing the challenges associated with the application of Camellia in East China. Over the past 30 years, leveraging China’s advantages in Camellia germplasm resources, the Shanghai Botanical Garden has systematically advanced innovative programs for new and superior germplasms featuring cluster-fl owering Camellia and Camellia sasanqua. In the planning, design, and construction practice of the Camellia Garden, it has adopted a dual- dimensional planning of “geographical distribution + group characteristics”, divided into three exhibition areas, and combined with the subalpine plant pavilion to conserve rare groups, forming a chain of “introduction and domestication - breeding innovation - application and promotion”. Meanwhile, it has achieved the integration of landscape and ecology through micro-topography shaping, companion plant confi guration, diversifi ed planting, and scientifi c, effi cient transplanting and maintenance technologies, and has disseminated relevant culture and achievements through multiple popular science channels. The Camellia Garden has achieved remarkable results, winning the “International Camellia Gardens of Excellence” in 2023, integrating landscape aesthetics and ecological functions, and eff ectively disseminating Camellia culture and scientifi c research achievements. This has laid the foundation for building a world-class Camellia Garden and provided practical references for constructing specialized gardens and for the innovative application of germplasm resources.