Rose garden, ooty

Situated at an altitude of 2200 meters.The Rose Park was established at Vijayanagaram in Ooty town to commemorate the Centenary Flower Show in the Government Botanical Gardens, Udagamandalam in May 1995. The flowers are arranged in five curving terraces covering four hectares. The garden is maintained by the Tamil Nadu Horticulture Department.nnToday there are more than 20,000 varieties of roses of 2,800 cultivars. It is one of the largest collections of roses in India.nnThe collection of roses includes Miniature Roses, Ramblers, Hybrid Tea Roses, Yakimour, Polyanthas, Papagena, Floribunda and roses of unusual colours such as green and black. The varieties of rose plants planted here were assembled from different sources around the world.nnThe rose garden received the Garden of Excellence Award for being the best rose garden in south Asia, from the World Federation of Rose Societies in May 2006, in Osaka, Japan.This garden is one of the 35 gardens worldwide to have received this award.

This garden is so nice

Huge garden and variety of roses. Unfortunately, not all roses were maintained well, possibly because the garden itself was closed for around 7 months. Hope to see this garden back in full bloom !!

What a amazing garden it is!!nEach and every kind of roses are grown here which are found all over the world.nVery Nice Garden!

One of the must visit place in Ooty, good to visit with family, kids or with friends.nYou can find various variety of roses here.nAlso the garden is full of roses only which is well maintained by government.nAnd the garden is soo colorful because of roses.