It is located in the west part of Wuxi city, Jiangsu province, China.
The garden was the old site of a house of Xu Dianyi who was a Qing dynasty scholar.
Inside gardens the old owner Rong and nowadays Plum Garden management office set up Tianxin stage, Xixin spring, Qingfen pavilion, Nianqu pagoda (Chinese: 念劬塔; pinyin: Niàn qú tǎ), Zhaohe pavilion, Xiaoluofu, Songbin hall, Huoran cave and Kaiyuan temple.
In 1955, Rong Yiren donated whole garden (except for the private mansion) to the country.
In 2006 it was listed as "Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level".