Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden

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About Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden

Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, previously Model Floriculture Center, is a tulip garden in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
It is the largest tulip garden in Asia, spread over an area of about 30 hectares.
It is situated on the foothills of the Zabarwan Range with an overview of Dal Lake.
The garden was opened in 2007 with the aim to boost floriculture and tourism in Kashmir Valley.
The garden is built on a sloping ground in a terraced fashion consisting of seven terraces.
The garden houses about 48 varieties of tulip flowers. The garden also has several types of other flowers, including daffodils, hyacinths, roses, narcissus, and other ornamental plants.
Tulip festival:
- It is an annual celebration that aims to showcase the range of flowers in the garden as a part of tourism efforts by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
- It is organized during the onset of the spring season in Kashmir valley.

Q1) What are tulip flowers?

Tulips are a popular and widely recognized type of spring-blooming flower that belongs to the genus Tulipa. They are known for their bright, colorful, and cup-shaped flowers with a wide variety of vibrant hues, including red, yellow, pink, purple, white, and even multi-colored varieties. Tulips first grew in south-central Asia. People brought the flowers to Europe in the 1500s and later to many different parts of the world.

Source: Pictures: Srinagar’s Tulip Garden enters record books as Asia’s largest