SUNDER NURSERY _THE INTEGRATED CITY PARK IN DELHI
Transformation of a Rubble filled dumping ground to a Heritage Park. The pandemic made me visit to this beautiful hidden 16th century Mughal garden , and the experience was just amazing.The 90 acre park lying on the Mughal-era Grand Trunk road is the amalgamation of Persian style gardens,forest,historic structures and various nursery functions. Sunset View from the Lake HISTORY OF THE GARDEN In Mughal era Sunder Nursery adjacent to Humayun Tomb was known as Azim Bagh ,built initially as the resting place of several Sufi saints.Then came the Britishers from Calcutta to Delhi and established a nursery there for experimenting the imported trees and other sacred plants to be used in the newly built capital's roads and gardens. Later in 1940 Central Work Public Department acquired and used for same purpose.In 2007, ...