Kitchener's Island as a whole, constitutes the Aswan Botanical Garden. The island is home to thousands of birds and many exotic plants imported from many parts of the world Aswan Botanical Garden was used by the Nubians to settle in it; they called it Jet Narty. In the year of 1899, Lord Horatio Kitchener took the island to be a place where his campaign can rest and call it the lord's house. Lord Kitchener was a commander of the Egyptian Army. With a deep passion for palm trees and plants, Kitchener transformed the entire Kitchener’s Island into a stunning botanic garden. The Egyptian government later reclaimed the island and it has been maintained as the Aswan Botanical Gardens.