Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh India

Located on the Lucknow-Varanasi highway, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden was established in 1986. Spread across 57 hectares, the garden is situated on the northern bank of the Sai River. The memorial is not just about plants, flowers and landscaped gardens  it also serves as an educational institute for research scholars, scientists and those who wish to learn more about the plant life.

The botanical garden is home to several medicinal plants and decorative plants. There is also an onsite rock garden, rose garden, seasonal garden and an aquatic garden, besides a greenhouse. This beautiful landscape garden took birth in the year 1969 on the enchanting Zabarwan mountain slopes near famous Mughal Garden Chashme shahi, over­looking the panorama of Dal-Lake. This pleasure garden complex extends over an area of about 80 hectares and consists of several styles of gardens with unending joy for seekers of solace on informal and undulated landscape. It comprises of four components  Recreational Garden, Botanical Garden, Research Section, and Plant Introduction Centre.

A beautiful lake spread over an area of 17 hectares with joy riding boats is also the attraction of the garden. The garden provides a 3.5 Kilometer joyride, a pleasant water garden, inspiring colour feast of spring, fragrance and colour pageantry of roses, riot of colours in summer, changing autumn colours and captivating twitter of water falls. Over 1.5 Lakh ornamental plants, representing about 300 plant species have been planted in the garden.