Yilan County Botanical Garden and Kavalan Distillery Guided Tour 

• Date: June 13, 2026 (Sunday)

Established in 1982, Fushan Botanical Garden is part of the Fushan Experimental Forest of the Forestry Research Institute that conserves Taiwan’s low- and mid-elevation forestry. After a 30-minute orientation, you are free to explore this Garden through a 2,870-meter trail made up of four interconnected loops. There are no trash bins provided and no meals offered in the garden to minimize environmental disturbance. All visitors are asked to look out for snakes, bees, and other poisonous nonhuman creatures. In the early afternoon, we will visit a distillery to consider the meaning of agricultural extractivism and human exceptionalism in non-traditional wine-making climates. 

Itinerary 

• Departs: 7:30 am at the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica

• Fushan Botanical Garden

• Lunch at a local farm-to-table restaurant

• Distillery

• Ends: 5:00 pm (without traffic) at the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica

To reserve a seat (see Registration）

What to bring: 

• Passport or Taiwan ID (to enter the Garden); photo copies not allowed 

• water, snacks, sun protection (hat, sunscreen, sunglasses), bug spray, cash and credit card, walking shoes, personal medication

Leader: Dr. Pei-Wen Kao