IN
CHANDIGARH
St. Gregorios College ART
(Association of Retired Teachers) members visited Zakir Hussain Rose
garden in Chandigarh on 1st
May,2014. Zakir
Hussain Rose Garden, is a botanical garden located in Chandigarh, India and
spread over 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land,with 50,000 rose-bushes of 1600
different species. Named after India's former president, Zakir Hussain and
created in 1967 under the guidance of Dr M.S. Randhawa, Chandigarh's first
chief commissioner, the garden has the distinction of being Asia's
largest.[citation needed] The garden has not only roses, but also trees of
medicinal value. Some of the medicinal plants that can be spotted here are bel,
bahera, harar, camphor and yellow gulmohar. The rose plants have been planted
in carved-out lawns and flower beds.
Zakir Rose Garden serves as the venue for hosting the
annual Festival of Gardens, a major cultural event of the city during the month
of March. Celebrated mainly as a tribute to the magnificence of the rose
itself, the attractions include food, drinks, joyrides, and contests of varying
nature, such as photography, gardening, landscaping, bonsai, and Rose Prince
and Princess. The contests are open to the residents or institutions from
nearby places. There are around one thousand six hundred species of roses in
that garden which is named after a former president of India, Zakir Hussain. It
was created in the year 1967 and was built under Dr. M.S. Randhawa’s guidance
who was the first chief commissioner of Chandigarh. It is one of the largest
gardens in Asia and has numerous of trees with medicinal values along with
roses. The medicinal plants like bahera, yellow gulmohar, bel, harar and
camphor are there in the garden. The rose plans on the other side are planted
in lawns and flower beds which are carved out beautifully.The annual festival of
gardens in held in the Zakir Hussain Rose Garden apart from other events which
it hosts. This annual festival of garden is a cultural event which occurs in
the month of March. Apart from the roses, other attractions which the Rose
garden includes are food, drinks and photography and gardening contests along
with several joyrides. They also have competitions which include bonsai,
landscaping, rose prince and princess. The participants of these competitions
are the residents of the nearby places and are at times of the nearby
institutes.
The Rose Garden of
Chandigarh is named after the former President of India, Zakhir Hussain in the
year 1967. It was Dr. MS Randhawa who was the first chief Commissioner of
Chandigarh and was also a Horticulturalist. This garden is spread over thirty
acres of land and has around one thousand six hundred species of roses. The
number of roses present in the garden are around fifty thousand in which a few
of them have been named after Queen Elizabeth, John F. Kennedy and Lal Bahadur
Shastri. The creator, MS Randhawa also has some of them in his name.Major attractions at Dr. Zakir Hussain
Rose Garden, Chandigarh
In the month of February,
the annual Chandigarh Rose Festival is held in the Rose Garden which is one of
the National Calendar of Events. The Rose Garden has medicinal plants along
with the roses. The main medicinal plans which are seen in the garden are bel,
harar, yellow gulmohar, camphor and bahera.
Prof. John Kurakar
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