ZAKIR HUSSAIN ROSE GARDEN

LOCATION :  Sector 16-B, Chandigarh

TIMINGS : 6 : 00 A.M  to  8 : 00 P.M. , All days

AREA : 30 Acres

ROSE SPECIES NUMBER : 1600

NUMBER OF PLANTS : 1700+

ROSE-BUSHES NUMBER :  50,000

Zakir Hussain Rose Garden, is a botanical garden which is Asia ’s largest expanse dedicated to the flower. Designed by Dr. M.S. Randhawa and has been named after India‘s former President, Zakir Hussain.The specialty of the garden is that the rose plants have been planted in carved-out lawns and flower beds. The garden blossoms all along  the year with roses like Mister Lincoln , Eden , Rosa  Peach and many more.

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. Apart from serving as a host of other events, the Rose Garden serves as the venue for hosting an annual rose festival called Rose Festival, a major cultural event in Chandigarh during February or March. Celebrated mainly as a tribute to the magnificence of the Rose itself

REVIEWS :

“I visited the rose garden during rose festival , it was  eye – pleasing  to see more than  100 types of  roses all around you and  the atmosphere  was full of different and beautiful colors. ”

ZAKIR HUSSAIN ROSE GARDEN

ZAKIR HUSSAIN ROSE GARDEN