First Botanical Garden in Mysuru Lingambudhi Lake Botanical Garden ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಮೊದಲ ಸಸ್ಯ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ತೋಟ

ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಮೊದಲ ಸಸ್ಯ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ತೋಟ First Botanical Garden Lingambudhi Lake Botanical Garden Mysuru
A botanical garden spread over 15 acres and harboring 290 plant species developed at a cost of over ₹5.6 crores was inaugurated here by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Developed by the Horticultural Department, this is the first botanical garden for Mysuru and the fourth in the State which also includes Lalbagh in Bengaluru.

The development of the Lingambudhi Botanical Garden, as it was christened, commenced in 2012 and was completed this year and the objective is to create a scientific platform for students, environmentalists, botanists, plant taxonomists, etc to study plant species.

The other objectives also include introduction, adaptation to local environment conservation, plant development, and propagation of indigenous and exotic plant species. The Horticulture Department will also lay special emphasis on the introduction, conservation, and development of indigenous plant species including rare, threatened, and endangered species.
A herbarium will also be established for identification and documentation of various plant species besides the establishment of a scientific plant center to record comprehensive information on plants.

Providing details of the background to the development of the Lingambudhi Botanical Garden, the department said that Lalbagh was the first botanical garden to have been established in the State in 1856 during British rule.

In 2011 the government issued orders to develop five new Botanical Gardens covering an area of 421 acres under the Horticulture Department of which Lingambudhi Botanical Garden is one of them.

The other four under development include Dr. M.H. Mari Gowda Plant Conservation and Research Centre at Doddasagere in Tumakuru which is spread over 228 acres; Kannamangala Botanical Garden (East Lalbagh) in Electronics City, Bengaluru (70 acres); Visvesvaraya Botanical Gardens (70 acres) at Chickballapur and Terakanahalli Botanical Garden (22 acres) at Sirsi in Uttara Kannada. The work is in progress with respect to the other four botanical gardens, according to Nagaraj, Joint Director, Department of Horticulture.

A note circulated on the Lingambudhi Botanical Garden said that after the decision to develop five botanical gardens, the government constituted a Botanical Garden Development Committee under environmentalist Y.N. Yellappa Reddy and 12 other experts and the Joint Director of Horticulture, Parks and Gardens was made the coordinator. The area was identified abutting the Lingambudhi Lake and the thickly grown wild plants, bushes, and debris were cleared, survey work carried out and a master plan was prepared.

The work on the development of the botanical garden commenced in 2018 onwards to reached the present stage. The note said that at present, the Lingambudhi Botanical Garden has 14 blocks belonging to native and exotic plant species including an aromatic plant garden, medicinal and aromatic plant garden, bamboo garden, native plant species garden, cactus, and coniferous collection rose garden, arboretum, plumeria garden, minor fruit garden, etc.

The botanical garden is next to Lingambudhi Lake which itself is spread over 187 acres and supports 194 bird species most of which also come to roost in the garden.

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