Nam Pak Hong (South-North trading houses) is an area specialising in ginseng, dried seafood and herbs, located around the junction of Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun. The history of its development dates back to the mid-19th century and has evolved over the centuries from a hub of production workshops to a distribution and retail centre and even a tourist destination. This rest garden was formerly a sitting-out area built in 1983 on the east side of the south end of Queen Street. In 1999, the land and properties were resumed by the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) and redeveloped in 2003 into a residential development, Queen’s Terrace. The then sitting-out area was relocated and extended 1300 square metres on the vacant land adjacent to Block 3 of the residence between Queen’s Road West and Bonham Strand West, thus granting the name—Queen Street Rest Garden. In 2007, the URA transformed the rest garden into a Chinese Herb Garden. Over a hundred kinds of common and commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Hong Kong were in the garden. Interpretive signs with medicinal herbs information were installed and the sculpture of Shennong, a mythological Chinese ruler venerated as the Father of Chinese medicine, was placed near the entrance of the garden. Evergreen, deciduous, flower-viewing and ground-cover plants collectively create a unique ecosystem on site. The garden promotes the education of traditional Chinese medicine, and preserves unique characteristic of the neighbourhood.