Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden

Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden is the largest Tulip Garden in Asia. The garden was inaugurated in 2007. The garden of tulips is one of the most significant landscaping undertaking that was completed since the Mughals created pleasure areas in Kashmir in the 16th century.

Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden which was previously known as the Model Floriculture Center, is the name of a tulip plantation located in Srinagar. It is the biggest garden of tulips in Asia that covers an area of around 30 acres. It is located at the slopes of the Zabarwan Range with an overview of Dal Lake. The garden was inaugurated in 2007 in order to promote tourism and floriculture within Kashmir Valley. The garden is constructed on a sloped ground with a terraced design consisting seven terraces. Alongside tulips, different species of flowers like such as daffodils, hyacinths, and ran are also present.

Here are some interesting facts concerning Tulip garden:

• • A smooth cruise of just 9 km from Srinagar through the tranquil Dal Lake towards the south leads our visitors to the Indira Gandhi Tulip Garden.
  • This garden lies on its gentle slopes powerful Zabarwan hills. It is flanked by a well-maintained green golf course to North and the stunning Dal Lake almost washes its entrance to the west.
  • An atmosphere of historical significance and elegant elegance are provided by the adjacent Chashme Shahi and Pari Mahal complexes that are adjacent to this Tulip Garden.
  • The moment you step into this garden is like taking in the beauty of the paradise that God wanted it to be. The eyes are drawn to the many linear running rows that are more than a million different tulip colors.
  • The garden is filled with the colors of yellow, red, orange mauve, purple and red Tulips to mention some. In addition, there are many multi-colored hybrids as well. Nature has wildly wilted with the colors that these flowers hybridize.

• The flowers also come with their own distinctive designs. Some are hemispherical , like the turban, some are more extended, while others are strewn with petals, or have open and upwardly flowing petals , and sepals that resemble sparks that are bursting out.
• Each hybrid is cultivated in its distinctive flower bed that is approximately 1 meter in width and 80 meters long.
• The Tulip Garden was constructed by cutting into seven terraces on a gentle slope ground. A turn any direction will leave us captivated by the multiple tiers of flowers.
• A gentle climb uphill brings us to the gorgeous fruit trees that line the edges of the garden. The thin leaves of the tree are adorned by a myriad of colored buds and blooms. As these trees haven’t yet sprouted their leaves following the winter, the lush flowers appear beautiful when set against a sparkling blue sky.
• In the distance, to the right further upslope, the Pari Mahal happily smiles at the tulip scapes similar to an elderly queen who looking at her beautiful progenitors getting older.
• When looking downhill, the eyes run through the mosaic of tulips. The design is made by the compactly laid complementary and different colored flowers that appear to stretch all the way towards the shores of Dal Lake.
• The lake itself has beautiful fountains that float.
• Alongside tulips, other bulbs that are grown in the garden are Hyacinths, Narcissus, Daffodils, Muscaria and Iris.
• A tulip is approximately 6 cm in length with an apex with a sharp tapering shape and a curvaceous base that is gradually curvaceous. Each flower is composed of three sepals and three petals that seem to be huddled together as the bud that is half open. It has the size of 4-6cm. The typical flower grows in a single plant, which is around 1 to 2 feet tall. The tulip plant produces six to twelve long sliver-shaped green leaves. However , certain varieties in the Netherlands have been known to produce up to four blooms per plant.

When these tulip-filled beds when viewed from at a far distance, it appears that a rainbow has fallen over the earth. This is why the universal desire of philosophers all over the world to get to the end of the rainbow, is symbolically satisfied with these beds.