Phase 3B1 garden in Mohali to have 1,500 varieties of rose

Tribune News Service

Mohali, March 14

The Horticulture Department has now decided to plant more than 1,500 different varieties of rose at the Phase 3B1 Rose Garden in Mohali.

Residents have been demanding that more roses be planted at the garden, which is named after martyr Major Singh.

Cabinet Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu had inaugurated the project by planting a rose at the park yesterday. The minister said 450 varieties of rose would be planted at the park. “The Horticulture Department has made a plan to plant more than 1,500 different varieties of rose,” the minister added.

Rose Garden is spread over a wide area and is home to thousands of plants and several hundred varieties of rose. Visitors can stroll on well-laid-out paths of the garden admiring the beauty of flowers unwinding into the nature’s lap.

Besides roses, there are various other medicinal plants in the garden. There are paths for walking and jogging, an open-air gym, play area for kids and a small library to read daily newspapers in the garden.

Speaking to reporters on the occasion, the minister said residents had been demanding for a long time that more rose saplings be planted in the garden as its name was Rose Garden.

Jasveer Singh, supervisor of the Horticulture Department, said different varieties of rose would be brought from a nursery in Una (Himachal Pradesh). Around 1,000 plants would arrive by Tuesday, he added. Keeping in view design of the garden the department could order more rose saplings from the nursery, he said.