Ornamental Horticulture

National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

The National Botanical Research Institute popularly known as Sikander Bagh, was laid out by Nawab Saadat Ali Khan (1789 – 1814) which was further improved upon by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the latter naming it after his wife Sikander Mahal Begum. The present area of the garden is 27 hectares. The Botanic Garden serves as a National Facility with three main functions viz., Conservation, education and bio-aesthetics. A repository of germplasm collection of various tropical and sub-tropical plant species, comprising 5,000 taxa, representing 212 families, the Botanic Garden has rich genetic treasure with the collection of trees, shrubs and herbs of ornamental, economic, medicinal, aromatic and rare importance, hailing from the indigenous and exotic sources.

Important features of the garden are a library, a large herbarium fine lawns, rose gardens, conservatory, cactus house and the lily pool.