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Perfect
place
for
spending
Valuable
time
in
Chennai
.A
silent
Paradise
with
plants.
For
apt
for
Photoshoot
.
Mostly
fulled
with
lovers
and
Couple
Semmozhi
Poonga (literally
translated
to
"Classical
Language
Park")
is
a botanical
garden in Chennai set
up
jointly
by
the
Horticulture
and
Agricultural
Engineering
department
of
the Government
of
Tamil
Nadu.
The
garden
was
opened
on
24
November
2010
by
then
chief
Minister
Dr.M.
Karunanidhi
and
is
the
first
botanical
garden
in
the
city.[1] The
garden
is
located
in
the
Cathedral
Road–Anna
Salai junction,
opposite
the American
Consulate,
on
the
erstwhile
Drive-in
Woodlands
Hotel.
Encompassing
an
area
of
20
acres
(320
grounds),[2] it
was
built
at
a
cost
of ₹ 80
million.
More
than
500
species
of
plants
are
being
grown
in
the
area,
in
addition
to
the
80
trees
that
was
already
in
existence
during
the
development
of
the
park,
some
of
them
being
more
than
100
years
old.
The
garden
houses
some
of
the
popular exotic
flora and
rare
plant
species,
medicinal
and
aromatic
herbs.
Many
of
the
exotic
plants
are
imported
from
countries
like China and Thailand,
including
a
plethora
of bonsai varieties
of ficus
microcarpa and ficus
ginseng.
The
area
in
which
the
botanical
garden
stands
today
was
formerly
the
location
of
the
Woodlands
Drive-In
restaurant,
the
city's
first
drive-in
restaurant,
and
the
Agri-Horticultural
Society.[3] In
April
1962,
the
Agri-Horticultural
Society
sub-leased
the
18-acre
land
to
hotelier
K.
Krishna
Rau,
who
started
the
Woodlands
Drive-in
Hotel
on
15
April
1962.[4] It
was
an
extension
of
the
"Woodlands"
brand,
then
popular
in
the
city
as
the
only
"Indian
hotel."
In
1982,
the
annual Chennai
Book
Fair conducted
by
BAPASI
was
held
in
the
hotel
premises.
Early
in
1989,
the
Tamil
Nadu
Government
had
set
in
motion
the
closure
of
the
restaurant.
After
almost
two
decades,
the
restaurant
ended
its
operation
on
12
April
2008,
and
through
a
High
Court
order
after
a
prolonged
legal
battle,
the
land
was
handed
over
to
the
government,
where
it
planned
to
set
up
the
botanical
garden,
a
research
centre
and
a
green
house
for
developing
rare
species
of
medicinal
and
non-medicinal
plants
and
flowers.
On
13
November
2009,
the
Supreme
Court
gave
its
consent
to
the
state
government
to
set
up
the
garden.
The
garden
has
been
christened
such
to
commemorate
the
Classical
Tamil
Conference,
which
was
held
earlier
in
2010.
The
cost
of
the
land
was
valued
at
more
than ₹ 10,000
million
at
the
time
of
opening.
The
government
appointed
a
city-based
firm
of
architects—Rajendra
Associates—as
consultant
to
design,
supervise
and
manage
the
project.
The
garden
features
eight
subgardens
displaying
flora
of
different
varieties,
such
as
a
tree
court,
mural
walk
and
bonsai,
herbal
and
exotic
gardens,
in
addition
to
an
artificial
duck
pond.
Incorporating
elements
of
an
Indian-Buddhist
garden,
the
garden
has
a
wide
variety
of
indigenous
species
across
22
exclusive
areas
including
palm
court,
tree
court,
golden
garden
(featuring
plants
that
flower
in
different
shades
of
gold),
water
and
rock
garden,
butterfly
garden,
fern
garden,
sunken
garden
and
theme
garden.
Twenty-five
thematic
gardens,
including
herbal,
aromatic,
maze
and
cascade
adorn
every
corner
of
the
park.
The
garden
boasts
several
exotic
herbal
species
and
90-odd
spiral-shaped
and
multi-branched
miniature
trees
grown
in
containers.
The
Bonsai
garden
is
dotted
with
trees
whose
height
range
from
1
foot
to
4
feet.
At
the
fag
end
of
the
park
is
the
Cascade
garden.
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