India is a host of numerous botanical gardens, most of which have been created to preserve the endangered species and develop seeds to replenish the reducing forests. A botanical garden is a place where a variety of plants, especially conifers, ferns, and other flowering plants are grown and displayed for a show as well as for education purposes. However, in today’s world, most of the botanical gardens are concerned with exhibiting ornamental plants that are eye-appealing and taxonomic order. Check out the best botanical gardens listed below.
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden – Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Founded by Lt. Col. Robert Kyd in 1787, is the largest and oldest of its kind in India, and considered to be the oldest botanical garden in South East Asia. Covering an area of 110 hectares of land, this garden has nearly 12,000 living plants from various countries of the world. Click on the below link to read more
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
Company Gardens - George Town, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
The park houses massive statuettes of George V and Victoria in the center of the garden. Company Gardens is a 133-acred green space open for walks, jogs, and picnicking was further renamed as the Chandrashekar Azad Park in 1931 after the latter died as a martyr here. Click on the below link to read more
Lalbagh or The Mysore State Botanical Garden – Mavalli, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, India
Lalbagh Botanical Garden is a nationally and internationally renowned center for botanical artwork, the scientific study of plants, and also conservation of plants. A haven for all nature lovers, Lal Bagh covers an area 240 acres in the heart of the city and has nearly 1,854 species of plants. Click on the below link to read more
Government Botanical Gardens – Ooty, Tamilnadu, India
This garden is situated at an altitude of 2,200 mt above sea level in the Nilgiri hills covering an area of 20 hectares in ascending terraces. This garden is a pioneer in introducing vegetables, spices, condiments, and aromatic plants in India including Cinchona and different rare Eucalyptus species.
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute – Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Initially designed to document the native plant wealth, the biotechnologists also added the plants of commercial importance and mass multiplies them for cultivation and distribution to the public. The institute also undertakes research in various fields of botany which was the primary reason behind the development of this garden. Click on the below link to read more
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden And Research Institute
Lloyd Botanic Garden – Chauk Bazaar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
This botanical garden spreads in an area of 40 acres of land that provides plants and seeds with temperate and sub-temperate specimens of the Himalayas to the world. The Lloyd’s Botanical garden preserves the various species of bamboo, oak, Arisaema, magnolia, wild geranium, and other forest native plants of the Darjeeling Himalayan region. Click on the below link to read more
Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden – Gangtok, East Sikkim, Sikkim, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden is a lush green expanse of land that enchants visitors with its serene beauty. Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden embraces several varieties of botanical species that include dense temperate forests of Oak too. Click on the below link to read more
Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden
National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) – Lucknow
National Botanical Research Institute is one of the numerous national laboratories under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The main garden covers an area of 30 hectares and is famous for its Palm house, Fern house, Rosarium, Cactus House, Orchid House, orchards of mango, guava, and Citrus, and medicinal plants section.
Assam State Zoo And Zoological Garden - Ambikagirinagar, Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam, India
This is the largest of its kind in the Northeastern region of India spread over an area of 82 hectares and comprises of a unique diversity of flora and fauna preserved in it. Click on the below link to read more
Assam State Zoo & Botanical Garden
Semmozhi Poonga Botanical Garden – Teynampet, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Semmozhi Poonga Botanical Garden in Chennai was set up by the horticulture department Tamil Nadu. The botanical garden is first in the city and houses exotic flora and rare plant species. Click on the below link to read more
Semmozhi Poonga Botanical Garden
Pilikula Nisargadhama Botanical Garden - Vamanjoor, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India
The Pilikula Arboretum has been developed by planting more than 60,000 seeds belonging to 236 varieties of flowering plants belonging to 60 families. Of the 35 hectares of land, 6 acres have been kept exclusively for medicinal plants with more than 460 varieties planted. Click on the below link to read more
Pilikula Nisargadhama Botanical Garden
Shri Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy Botanical Garden – Kondapur, Ranga Reddy, Telangana, India
Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy Botanical Garden of Hyderabad is an eco-tourist destination in and home to a list of varieties of bamboo trees. The botanical garden aims at providing the facility of a modern botanical garden to conserve and develop the germplasm and to educate the people. Click on the below link to read more
Shri Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy Botanical Garden
Zakir Rose Garden – Jan Marg, Chandigarh, India
Rose Garden is spread over 30 acres and is decked up with an exquisite variety of flowers making it quite popular among tourists and nature enthusiasts. This is a blooming exhibit that showcases around 825 varieties of flowers and 32,500 varieties of trees and medicinal shrubs. Click on the below link to read more
Zakir Hussain Rose Botanical Garden
Waghai Botanical Garden – Ambapada, Dang, Gujarat, India
This large botanical garden spreads over an area of 24 hectares and features more than 1400 varieties of plants from all over the nation. The garden has been divided into 12 Botanical sections namely Arid Zone Plot, Bamboo Plot, Cacti, and Succulent Plot, etc,. Click on the below link to read more
Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden – Muja Gund Ghat, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden owns a rare collection of Kashmiri tropical plants and vegetation. As of now, you can see a thousand species of plants and trees that include lawns with flowering plants, ferns, lilies, beds of flowers, medicinal plants, cacti, orchids, succulents, and beautiful ponds with flowers. Click on the below link to read more
Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden
Botanical Garden of Forest Research Institute (FRI) – Dehradun
This garden was established in 1934 by C.E. Parkinson has about 700 different species of plants from different countries of the world, a greenhouse, a cactus house, and a Plant Introductory Nursery. It covers an area of 20 acres and is the major center of research in problems related to plant introduction.
TNAU Botanical Garden – Pudur, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
The botanical garden situated on the campus of Tamil Nadu Agriculture University against the background of bluish-green hill ranges. The layout of this garden is harmony between formal and informal designs. Click on the below link to read more
The Agri Horticulture Society of India – Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
The garden is possibly the oldest horticultural society in India. This is a well laid out garden and a large nursery for the propagation of ornamental plants and has the greatest collection of trees, shrubs, and creepers including some hybrids developed in this garden by famous horticulturist, S. Percy Lancaster. Click on the below link to read more
Agri Horticulture Society Of India
Sanjay Gandhi Botanical and Zoological Garden - Rajbansi Nagar, Patna, Bihar, India
The park was first established as a botanical garden and houses more than 300 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees. It also features a nursery for medicinal plants, a fern house, an orchid house, a glasshouse, and a rose garden. Click on the below link to read more
Madhavaram Botanical Garden – Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
The Madhavaram Botanical Garden is a new botanical garden spread over an area of 20.21acres this garden is the most extensive botanical garden in the city. The garden has been divided into six major sections – Fruits, medicinal plants, cactus, indoor plants, ornamental plants, and one for protected cultivation. Click on the below link to read more
The Garca Branca Ayurvedic Botanical Garden - Loutolim, Goa
With an in-house Garca Branca Bed and Breakfast resort, this place is a bliss for nature lovers and offers one of the most exquisite experiences of holidaying in Goa. The history of Garca Branca is traced back to the 19th century that takes pride in preserving the authentic Goan Ayurvedic heritage.
