Sitting prettily in the lap of the green, lean Blue Mountains, Ooty or Udhagamandalam, is one of the Most Enamoured Summer Hill Stations of India. Decorated with gardens of plums, peaches, tea, etc and lined up with trees of eucalyptus, pines, etc, its landscape is beautiful. Perennially engulfed in the gulf of mist its inalienable mist only adds charms to its calm ambience. Found out and founded by the British in the19th century even after the elapse of a few centuries the British influence could be seen in its chocolates, cheese, etc, even today.
Though Ooty has a large number of attractions its Top Attraction however is Botanical Gardens.
The Botanical Gardens
It is located in the Lower Slopes of the Doddabetta Peak, 10 km from Ooty and it is the Highest Peak of Nilgiris with a height of 2623 meters. It has been chiseled out by Marquis Tweedle in 1847. With an area coverage of 55 acres it is home to about 650 species of plants, trees, etc.
It is not only enchanting to walk around its plush, lush green, clean Lawns but it is also enjoyable to watch striking varieties of flowers, ferns, etc. Also you can find many rare trees like cork trees, paper bark trees, monkey puzzle tree, old fossilized tree of 20 million years old, etc. The novelty of the Monkey Puzzle Tree is even monkeys can’t climb upon it.
Five Gardens
The Cute Botanical Gardens have Five Gardens, namely, The Lower Garden, The New Garden, The Italian Garden, The Conservatory Garden and The Nurseries Garden.
The Lower Garden
It has two Lawns, the Entrance and the Lower Lawns. Its principal attraction is the carpet-bed design of the Union of India weaved out from plants, with trunk of the fossilized tree of 20 million years old erected on a stand.
The New Garden
It is located between Front Garden and Crescent- shaped Pond at Bandstand. It also has a Rose Garden with 300 varieties of roses and flower beds to match slopes of area.
The Italian Garden
As it has been laid out by Italian Prisoners of World War 1 on Italian Style it is called Italian Garden. Its crescent shaped lily pond is for growth of aquatic plants.
The Conservatory Garden
This is to categorise various flowering plants of the Garden.
The Nurseries Garden
Located about 300 feet above Lower Lawns they have Eight Glass Houses and a number of terraces for breeding various plants. Glass Houses are for cultivation of ferns, bulbous plants, etc and its terraces are for cultivation of plants of cut flowers, etc.
How To Reach
By Air
The Nearest Airport is Coimbatore, 90 km
By Rail
Ooty Railway Station, 2 km,,Mettupalayam Railway Station, 45 km.
There is a Toy Train that connects Ooty with Mettupalayam
By Road
Ooty has a good network of roads and as such you can reach Ooty easily by road.
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