The 13 Most Beautiful Gardens In Chandigarh

There are so many parks and gardens that add to the beauty of the city of Chandigarh that it is often called the “Garden City o”. A tour plan to Chandigarh is incomplete without enjoying a fresh breath of air at all or at least some of the most popular gardens. Each of the gardens in the city has been designed in a unique manner. These gardens have characteristics of their own. While the Rose Garden is famous for its different varieties of roses the year-round, the Bougainvillea Park has an exotic collection of bougainvillea plants in it. Check here the list of landscaped parks and beautiful gardens in Chandigarh

Zakir Hussain Rose Garden

This garden has been named after President Dr. Zakir Hussain. It is the largest of its kind in Asia and is spread over 27 acres. There are around 17, 000 varieties of plants among which there are 1600 varieties of roses!

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Garden of Fragrance

This garden in Chandigarh has some of the most fragrant flower collections with beautiful shrubs, flowers & paths. Motia, Raat ki Raani, Jasmine, Mehndi, Demask Rose, Haar Shringar, and Champa are some of the flowers that make the air fresh and fragrant.

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Terraced Garden

Spread over 10 acres, a small valley was into a Terraced Garden in the year 1979. The main attraction of this garden in Chandigarh is an illuminated musical fountain. Also, this is the venue for the annual Chrysanthemum Show in Chandigarh.

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Japanese Garden

Built over an area of 13 acres, the Japanese garden in Chandigarh showcases Japanese art, culture, and different types of plants. The garden consists of a pagoda tower, a zen garden, a meditation centre, water bodies, waterfalls, a buddha idol, and golden bamboos.

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Bougainvillea Garden

Spreads over an area of 20 acres, this garden in Chandigarh is devoted to hundreds of varieties of bougainvillea. You will be able to see a large variety of different bougainvillea. There are few flowering trees also, to give colorful effect during the intervening period of bougainvillea flowering time.

Topiary Garden

As the name suggests Topiary garden in Chandigarh has different types of topiaries in different shapes. Many animal shapes created out of creepers and bushes attract children to this park. There are different varieties of ornamental plants too in this garden adding charm to the park.

PN Mehra Botanical Garden

Spread over 16 acres of land, P.N. Mehra Botanical Gardens is located in Panjab University - Department of Botany and is named after its founder. The garden houses more than 1,000 plant varieties including some rare species brought from far-fetched areas of the country. Special attractions in the garden for the visitors are the Arboretum with nearly 225 species of trees; the water garden consisting of lily-ponds and vegetated with species of Nelumbium and Nymphaea.

Hibiscus Garden

This garden in Chandigarh is spread over an area of 8 acres and there are more than 40 different varieties of hibiscus in the garden. The garden looks colorful throughout the year with a variety of Hibiscus shrubs.

Garden of Palms

Developed on an area of 19.50 acres, Garden of Palms is a theme-based garden in Chandigarh that boasts 21 different varieties of palm trees. The garden also has rivulets, benches, huts, a cycling track, and eating joints.

Leisure Valley

Spread across 8km long stretch, Leisure Valley is a continuum of various theme gardens. It was retained by Le Corbusier and sculptured into a Linear park starting from Sector 1 in the north and to Sector 53 in the south.

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Butterfly Park

Spread across 7 acres, Butterfly park in Chandigarh, Sector 26 has been designed to facilitate an ideal environment for the breeding of butterflies. This beautiful park is basically a conservatory of butterflies and there are more than 35 different species of butterflies that have been conserved here. And, to make ideal habitat for the butterflies, numerous host and nectar plants have been planted.

Garden of Silence

A garden in Chandigarh featuring a large, meditative sculpture of Lord Buddha amidst concentric circular stairs, The Garden of Silence is meditative space at the end of Sukhna Lake. Owing to the silent environment many people come here to sit, relax, and meditate.

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Rock Garden

Rock Garden in Chandigarh, is actually a garden of sculptures that have been made from industrial waste and items like bangles and bottles, ceramic pots, and other scrap materials. It is also known as Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden after its founder Nek Chand Saini, and is worth a visit.

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