Ooty Rose Garden
About Ooty Rose Garden
Far From City: 2 kms from city center
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About Ooty Rose Garden
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Time Required:1-2 hours
Open Time:8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost:INR 20 per person,Camera: INR 30
Types Of Roses At Oooty Rose Garden
Visitors can find a variety of roses at the Ooty Rose Garden. The collection is vast and includes locals, non-local and hybrid varieties of roses. These have been sourced from all over the world and include Ramblers, Hybrid Tea Roses, Polyanthus, Floribunda, Green Roses, Black Roses, and Miniature Roses.
Interesting Facts About Ooty Rose Garden
1. Ooty Rose Garden expands over an area of four hectares on the slopes of Elk Hills. The entire park has several terraces adorned with rose shrubs and other flowering plants. These terraces curve along the hill slopes and give a mesmerizing view to the garden. The climatic conditions in Ooty are apt for a considerably longer season of bloom.
2. The layout of the garden consists of bowers with creepers of rose, Pergolas and Rose Tunnels. There is an observation platform, also called the Nila Maadam, from where visitors can get a beautiful view of the entire garden.
3. When the Garden was initially established, there were about 17,000 plants with over 1900 varieties of colourful and fragrant roses. Today, there is an assortment of about 20,000 roses and 2,800 plants; making it one of India?s largest collection of roses.
4. The Rose Garden has been recognised by the World Federation of Rose Societies who appreciated this garden with the Garden Of Excellence Award for the Best Rose Garden in South Asia in 2006. The Ooty Rose Garden is one of the 35 gardens that have received this honour.
Best time to visit Ooty Rose Garden
The best time to visit the beautiful garden is between March and June as the flowers are in full bloom during this time. The Ooty Flower Show is usually held in May. For the ones who want to avoid the summers can visit from November and February, however, they may find only a few roses as it may not be the blooming season for those varieties.
How to Reach Ooty Rose Garden
Ooty Rose Garden is easily accessible by road from any part of Ooty. Tourists can hail one of the several options of public transport available from buses, auto-rickshaws and taxis. Those exploring Ooty by self-driven vehicles can reach the garden via the Coimbatore-Ooty-Gundelpet Highway followed by the Church Hill Road.
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Tips
1. Parking Space is available.2. Visitors need to climb up the hill to explore all the levels of the garden.3. Although there are seats installed along with shelters all through the garden, the elderly visitors may want to reconsider their trip or explore only the first few levels.4. Picking flowers is restricted.5. Ooty receives unexpected rains occasionally, so check the weather forecast and carry an umbrella.
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