Rose Garden - Ooty, Tamil Nadu

Located less than a Km from Charring Cross, the rose garden is laid on 10 acres of land. The garden has a collection of more than 1000 varieties of roses. A spectra of regionally exclusive and ornamental plants adorn this garden which is the venue for the Flower Show held in May every year. There is a fossil tree trunk 20 million years old in the midst of the garden.

Situated in the heart of Ooty town, this garden has been beautifully laid out in terraces with rose tunnels, pergolas and bowers with rose creepers. To commemorate the centenary Flower Show, the Rose Park was established at Vijayanagaram in Udhagamandalam covering an area of 4 hectares in five terraces. Today this garden has the largest collections of roses in the country like Hybrid Tea Roses, miniature rose, Floribunda, Ramblers, roses of unusual colours like black and green are some of the more than 3,000 varieties of roses that will captivate your senses. The Rose Garden is situated in slopes of the Elk Hill. The rose varieties planted in this park were assembled from different sources. The 'Nila Maadam' is located in a spot from where viewers can see the entire rose garden. This garden is maintained by Tamil Nadu Horticulture Department. It has also received the award of Excellence for the best rose garden in entire south Asia from the International Rose society in 2006.

The Rose Garden was set up in 1995 to commemorate the 100th Flower Show of the Botanical Garden. It has the largest collection of roses in the country- over 2,500 varieties!

It is located just 3/4 Km away from Charring Cross. It lies with 10 acres of land with 1919 variety of roses..

It is the first rose garden in the country which is recognized as the 'Garden of Excellence'. It is the largest rose garden in India with a variety of nearly 17000 rose plants. The 6 acres of land is located on the lower slopes of Elk Hills at Vijayanagaram Farms. It is been recognized by the world federation of rose societies

Spread over ten acres of lawns and gardens this botanical treasure has almost 2000 varieties of roses.

The largest Rose Garen of India is perched on the lower slopes of Elk hill at Vijayanagaram Farms. It has also become the first rose garden in the country to be recognised as a ?Garden of Excellence?, by World Federation of Rose Societies.