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By Chaitanya Aggarwal
Kritika Dhiman
Malvika Rana
Samarpit Singh
Yuvansh Goel
HISTORY OF GARDENS IN INDIA
• THE OLDEST EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTANCE OF GARDENS IN INDIA
COMES FROM LITERARY SOURCES, SACRED WORKS INCLUDING THE
RAMAYANA AND VASTUSHASTRA BUT NO PHYSICAL EXAMPLES
HAVE SURVIVED FROM THIS PERIOD.
• EXAMPLES:
• ACHARAYA JAGDISH CHANDRA BOSE INDIAN BOTANICAL GARDEN, KOLKATA
• BOTANICAL GARDEN CHANDIGARH
• LAL BAGH GARDEN BANGALORE
LAYOUT OF BOTANICAL GARDENS
• THE LAYOUT OF BOTANICAL GADRENS DIFFER FROM OTHER
GARDENS N A WAY THAT THEY ARE LAID OUT ACCORDING TO
SCIENTIFIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THEIR PLANT COLLECTIONS, RATHER
THAN EXCLUSIVELY FOR LANDSCAPE EFFECT OR FOR PLAYING
FIELDS OR OTHER RECREATIONAL ENDEAVOURS.
• EXAMPLES:
• AMER FORT COURTYARD JAIPUR
• JAIGARH FORT
COURTYARD GARDEN AT AMER FORT
DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES USED IN
INDIAN GARDENS
• INDIA IS A MEGA DIVERSE NATION AND HOUSES
THOUSANDS OF PLANT SPECIES AND TREES.
• IT IS A MEDIUM SIZE TREE AND HAS A LARGE CROWN WITH THE WONDERFUL
WIDE SPREADING BRANCHES. IT SHED ITS LEAVES IN THE MONTH OF MARCH
AND APRIL.
• THE FLOWERS ARE NOT VISIBLE, BEING ENCLOSED WITHIN FLESHY CUP LIKE
STRUCTURE CALLED RECEPTACLES.
• THEY ARE USED IN A VARIETY OF A ART WORK AS A BASE FOR PAINTING AND
CRAFTS.
THE LOIVE LIKE EDIBLE FRUIT IS OVAL, ROUND AND THIN SKINNED.
LEAVES :-
THE DARK GREEN LEAVES OF THE TREE ARE LARGE AND LEATHERY THAT’S
WHY, THE LEAVES ARE USED AS ANIMAL FODDER.
THE TREE IS DEEPLY ROOTED, WHICH MAY SPREAD ACROSS SEVERAL ACRES.
LEAVES :-
THE LEAVES ARE LIGHT GREEN AND FERN LIKE UP TO 120 MM LONG AND
50 MM.
BRIDGE
HOW
MANY
PEOPLE
CAN
STAND
UNDER A
TREE ???
LAL BAGH BOTANICAL
GARDEN, BANGLORE
COMMISIONED IN 1760
Mavalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Garden
INTRODUCTION
• LALBAGH BOTANICAL GARDENS,
MEANING THE RED GARDEN IN ENGLISH, IS
A WELL KNOWN BOTANICAL GARDEN IN
SOUTHERN BANGALORE, INDIA .