Located between the first and second habitation zones, the xenobotanic garden is the largest park in the city, covering nearly thousand acres of land. While most of the fresh water on Asakaze is unfit for human consumption due to microbial activity, easily accessible groundwater allow the Phoenix gardeners to maintain a lush, thriving gardens with minimal costs. The garden has been rigged with re-purposed Asako BioTech irrigation system originally used on the first plantations of the colony. This system pumps water from the ground, dispersing it on the ground at regular intervals, creating small artificial rainbows whenever the skies are clear.
The gardens themselves are teeming with local flora. Trees and flowers of various sizes have been arranged along the paths that crisscross the grounds, creating a harmonic, but eerily alien atmosphere. Tall sky-lilies with their massive leaves provide shadow for local flowers that in the wilderness grow in beneath massive fungal stalks. Swathes of bladegrass and bucher's brambles grow next to chimeweeds that jingle gently in the wind. The flowers native to Asakaze blossom in muted purples and oranges, though appear iridescent for the local insects as their visual spectrum reaches well into ultraviolet range. To allow the visitors to enjoy the garden fully, UV-shades developed by Isawa FutureTech are sold at a booth by the entrance.
Thanks to its central location, the Xenobotanic garden is a popular meeting place. During religious holidays the lower ranking Phoenix samurai and heimin fill the garden to hold feasts under the sky-lilies, and sometimes these parties go on until late at night.
Location rules: Shades that convert ultraviolet light into visible range can be bought at a booth by the garden entrance. A pair of UV-shades costs a single bu, allowing the visitor to enjoy the full splendor of the local flora. The shades work on a battery that lasts for three hours before needing a recharge.