Planting season begins at Rose Garden in Udhagamandalam, blooms expected in April
The Hindu
The Government Rose Garden in Udhagamandalam is set to attract tourists with its blooming rose plants during the summer festival season.
Nilgiris district collector, M. Aruna, inaugurated the planting season at the Government Rose Garden in Udhagamandalam on Monday.
Speaking to reporters at the event, Ms. Aruna said that the rose plants at the garden will begin blooming during the first week of April and are expected to bring in foreign and domestic tourists to the district during the summer festival season.
In a press release, the Nilgiris district administration said that the Rose Garden was inaugurated in 1995 to mark 100 years of the annual Ooty flower show. It is said that over 4,200 varieties of roses are maintained at the garden, which is also home to 32,000 rose plants.
It has received the ‘Garden of Excellence Award’ for being the best garden in South Asia from the World Federation of Rose Societies in 2006.
Also present at the inauguration of the planting was Joint Director of Horticulture, Shibila Mary, as well as other officials from the Department of Horticulture.
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