Botanical Garden — Attraction in Puducherry

I admire the effort to dedicate a space to nature and there were strange positives.

The overall impression is not good however. A nominal fee of 50rupees let's you visit a tranquil and "plastic free" area of the mostly gorgeous Pondicherry. As soon as you walk in you are greeted with huge amounts of rubbish - crisp packets, sweet packets, discarded food plates (paper mostly) and plastic bottles!!! Every size of water bottle discarded before you reach the gardens [sic].

I went to the cafe first as I was thirsty and guess what?!? The only thing they sold was bottled water! To be fair all of the bottles I saw when walking around were from the cafe so at least no plastic is getting through the gate.

I was most sad to see, on walking clockwise from the entrance, the lotus pond. Full of one or two surviving lily plants in a sea of sludge (dead plants) and, guess what, a water bottle floating next to the survivor. At this point I nearly cried.

I continued through to a greenhouse with less than a dozen varieties of plants, a nature centre with a bunch of sleeping women (it was 2pm so maybe lunchtime), a glass house which was locked and looked like it had bullet holes in it's windows.

There are many demarked growing areas but they were almost indistinguishable from neglect. There are some beautiful specimens here, long established and grand. A perfect canvas for something good.

My greatest joy was finding on the outskirts, wastelands of weeds (previously planted) where I witnessed at least a dozen different butterfly. Also I saw mating beetles and a large number of courting couples. That's a sweet sanctuary for sure.

I urge you to go, pay your money and then ask them for a bit more. I have kept my receipt and will write to the government department. This has...

The Botanical Garden in Pondicherry is a landmark site on the map of the city in terms of its great recreational and educational value. The entrance to the garden bears the nostalgia of the French colony that was set up here during 1816. The garden stands out from its surroundings in terms of its location. It is situated right in the middle of old Tamil Nadu town. The garden was established in 1826 in a very authentic and ornate French style. Right from the architecture to arrangement of trees and materials used to deck up the garden, all bear the deep reflections of French culture. Pruned flower beds, well arranged tall columns of trees, fountains and gravel lined paths are some of the essential features of the Botanical Garden in Pondicherry which is spread over a sprawling 22 acres of land. In this garden, you will witness more than 1500 species of trees of both native and international origins. All plants and trees carry their respective placards containing information such as name, origin, medicinal value and the amount of oxygen created by that particular tree among such things. Many plants and trees are often used from this botanical garden in various research to manufacture medicine. The Pondicherry Botanical Garden qualifies as one of the best botanical gardens of...

This place is easily accessible by everyone and it's in center of an city. Cultivated in such an huge area which takes around 2 hours to visit it completely. The entry ticket is 20 rupees for adult and have no idea for kids. Praking space is good. The entry gate looks huge but the government should take proper steps so that public or road side vendors don't put their shop in front of the gate which spoils the beauty of the gate. So I advice government to look at this. Other than this we have an toy train which is an short ride but one can enjoy it for rupees 10 rupees. People come here to take beautiful photos and few pre wedding photo shoots were also going on. We also had an aquarium inside the botanical garden which is accessible for rupees 10, which has an decent number for fishes and fish species. The place which is cool if you visit on summer days is the aquarium. I request to avoid sunny days to visit this place. In summer the place is so hot and you can't even walk for 10 minutes, i suggest one to take an bottle of water, umbrella/cap which might help. Also we have an children park where kids can enjoy but mostly adults use them 😂. An place to visit if you don't have anything else in Pondicherry. Definitely youngsters don't prefer this place on...