Asia’s Largest Tulip Garden is now open For Tourists…

HospiBuz Desk

Indira Gandhi memorial tulip garden previously known as Model Floriculture Center is now open for tourists. This garden was opened in 2007 with the aim to boost up the floriculture and tourism sector in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. This tulip garden of Srinagar is situated on the foothills of Zabarwan with an overview of iconic Dal Lake in the Kashmir valley. This garden is purely owned by the government of Jammu & Kashmir.

The floriculture department of government has planted more than 12.25 lakh tulip bulbs of 40 different varieties and colours in the 10 hectares of garden. This year, tourists can access free Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) among the other facilities too. Mathoora Masoom, director of the floriculture department said: “We have added more green spaces inside the tulip garden for the tourists so that they can rest and enjoy the beauty of flowers calmly”.

Mathoora Masoom also said that “In this season, more than 40,000 hyacinth bulbs have seen planted in a separate terrace of the tulip garden and the floriculture department has also added several new fountains to boost up the beauty of the tulip garden and we have also added some other species of flowers includes hyacinth, daffodils, narcissus and other ornamental plants in the garden”.