It was founded on 20 August 1934 by Hu Hsen-Hsu, Ren-Chang Ching, and Chen Fenghuai, under the name Lushan Forest Botanical Garden.

[1][2][3][4] Lushan Botanical Garden is famous for its gymnosperm collection, which had been introduced from 15 countries.

There are more than 200 species of Gymnosperms from 11 families and 41 genera within its Pinales special park.

[6] The botanical garden currently hosts 140 staff, including 43 doctors and 40 master’s degree holders, being mainly from Nanchang University.

[6] Within the Botanical Garden also resides the locations for the tomb of Chen Yinke and the "Three Founders tomb [zh]" (Hu Hsen-Hsu, Ren-Chang Ching, and Chen Fenghuai), both of which are protected cultural relics.