Government Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund

LANDSCAPE DESIGNING FRMT 325 Cr. Hr. 3(1+2)

Lesson 03:Landscape Gardens In India

Government Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund

Botanical Garden

  • This garden is situated in the Nilgiris Hills.
  • It started functioning in 1848 and covers an area of 20 hectares in ascending terraces.
  • The garden has six major sections

Flower Beds

  • The lower gardens consist of the main entrance, the lower lawns, the new gardens which include the bandstand, the conservatory, the bog gardens, and the tennis court gardens, the terrace with fountains and picnic spots, the new bandstand and its surroundings and the nursery area

Green House

  • The garden is credited with the introduction of potato, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, beetroot etc.
  • Cinchona and different species of eucalyptus besides scented geranium, in this garden.
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