Udhagamandalam: The Government Rose Garden in Ooty has added 201 new plant varieties to the existing 4000 varieties ahead of its silver jubilee celebration in May. With 31,500 rose plants of 4,201 ...

It is one of the best gardens in India and is a great tourist attraction. The garden is carefully maintained by the government and the horticulture department and has a wide variety of plants and ...

Udhagamandalam: Gardens in the Nilgiris didn’t record much footfall on the first day of reopening after four months. Heavy rain, which lashed Ooty town and other parts of the district for an hour, too ...

India's first heritage rose garden is in the making in Ooty.About four hectares of the Rose Park in Ooty, that won the '˜Garden of Excellence' Award in 2006, is being converted into a '˜Heritage ...

Ooty, the ‘Queen of Hill Stations’, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. Located in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, it is a popular destination for its beautiful scenery, ...

McIvor, the gardener par excellence, who travelled from the Kew gardens in London to Ooty way back in 1848 to develop this garden at Ooty. Ooty: W.G. McIvor, creator of the famed Government Botanical ...

With an experience of almost five years in writing about everything from pop culture, fashion, health, culture and lifestyle, Nisha is an ardent believer of turning words into meaningful stories. She ...

Ooty: Following the announcement made by the government on the proposal to establish an eco-park at Shootingmund area near here, voices have now begun to emerge to set up an exclusive pomological ...

Shiva Subramaniam Samraj sounds crestfallen on the telephone. The Joint Director, Horticulture, Nilgiris, says the Botanical Garden has never looked more beautiful. Last year, this time, the Ooty ...