Ooty Botanical Garden Photo Gallery.

The Government Botanical Gardens, Udhagamandalam is a must visit sight on a visit to Ooty. This garden is a feast to the eyes during the flower show and also at other times, when a good number of flowers are on bloom.

Ooty Botanical Gardens lies on the lower slopes of Doddabetta peak and is maintained by the Tamil Nadu Horticulture Department. The gardens were laid out in 1848 by the architect William Graham McIvor.

Ooty Botanical Garden has thousand species of plants, shrubs, ferns, trees, herbal and bonsai plants. At present the Ooty gardens are divided into 6 sections namely Lower Garden, New Garden, Italian Garden, Conservatory, Fountain Terrace and Nurseries.

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