Cactus Garden

Cactus Garden is located at a distance of about 8 km. away from Chandigarh, in center part of Panchkula.

Cactus Garden is also called as National Cactus and is also a Research Centre. The main goal behind developing the garden was preservation and conservation of endangered species of cacti and succulents. The Garden covering an area of 7 acres is considered as Asia’s largest outdoor landscaped cacti and Succulents. You can find nearly 3500 different kinds of species of Cacti & succulents. The garden has a comprehensive collection of Indian succulents, the largest in the world. Some of them extremely rare and has already been declared as endangered species, which includes Genus Caralluma of Indian origin. The cacti and succulents also have medicinal values. It is also a great attraction not only for tourists but also for the botanists.

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Rock Garden, Prototype of Creativity

Chandigarh has the distinction of having a unique world-acclaimed Rock Garden. It is located in Sector 1 between the Capitol Complex and Sukhna Lake.

The garden houses sculptures made by using a variety of different discarded waste materials like frames, mudguards, forks, handle bars, metal wires, play marbles, porcelain, auto parts, broken bangles etc.

There are no flowers or plants in this garden. The garden consists of figures made of raw cement resembling humans and animals.

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Rose Garden in Chandigarh

The Chandigarh Rose Garden with its unique charm attracts a number of visitors.  The Chandigarh Rose Garden is the largest of its kind not only in India but all over Asia. The Chandigarh Rose Garden is popularly known as “Zakir Gulab” Bag.

Chandigarh rose garden contains more than 17,000 plants. There are nearly 1,600 varieties of roses there. Along with the roses, emphasis was also given on the trees of medicinal value and some unique specimen trees to enhance the beauty of the garden. The medicinal trees planted here are bel, bahera, harar, camphor and yellow gulmohar.  This garden is the venue of the annual Festival of Gardens, an event listed on the national calendar of fairs and festivals.

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