The following year the government gazetted the area as “a Botanical Garden and Public Park” under the land enactment (Notification 104-1955)".

Several amenities are available in this forest reserve, such as picnic grounds, fishing spots, parking lots, public toilets and stalls.

Wildlife that can be spotted in Templer's Park include the park monkey, the hawk-cuckoo, the crested serpent eagle, the emerald dove, the forest wagtail, malkohas, the barbet, the woodpecker, the flycatcher-shrike, the blue-winged leafbird, the earless agamid, the Malaysian crested lizard, various kinds of toads and snakes and serow (goat-antelopes).

Developments such as T-Parkland@Templer's Park by the company MCT[4] involved the construction of high-end residences, a 17-story tower block and golf courses.

This activity had the consent of the local planning authorities, where the site sign carried the license number 'US HS 3 2012 BALAK'.