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Thimbolketiya Forest Nursery

Situated closer to the Thimbolketiya bridge over rakwan ganga along Embilipitiya - Ratnapura main road near Udawalwe junction.

Established and maintained by the Forest Department, under the management of Range Forest Officer in charge of Embilipitiya Range statationed at Thimbolketiya.

Teak tree plantations started in this Walawe area by the FD in 1950 s obtained it's requirement of root shoots produced in the nursery from seeds transported from Vellavali,Mulliyavelly plantations in Baticaloa and Mulativu Districts.

Last Teak plantation was raised in 1974 north side of 7 th mile post on Udawalawe - Thanamalwila road. FD yielded to the Wild Life Department with the declaration of Udawalawe National Park and abandoned reforestation of surrounding law yielding forests.

Thimbolketiya Nursery equipped with sprinkler irrigation and other advanced facilities lost it's pride with no more large scale seedling production.

Presently fewer seedlings are produced for forestry extention works undertaken at random in the Range.