Delhi: School of gardening to open at Roshanara Bagh next month

A senior municipal official said that development work on the school has been completed and furniture has been installed

Published on: Aug 29, 2025, 03:08:04 IST

By Paras Singh

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The horticulture department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has completed work on its first school of gardening at the historic Roshanara Bagh in North Delhi, and it is likely to be made operational next month, MCD officials said on Thursday. The school is located in the nursery section of the Mughal-era garden besides the high tech nursery and a newly set up arboretum.

A senior municipal official said that development work on the school has been completed and furniture has been installed.

“From next month, we will start providing training to the multi-task staff (MTS) who are granted gardening duties. They will be trained on how to handle plants in various seasons, grafting, pruning, landscaping and other practices. Our senior section officers and assistant horticulture directors will hold these sessions,” the official added.

Officials said that a meeting will be held soon to expand the scope of training for other departments and private individuals. “We have a shortage of gardeners so initially the training will focus on MTS,” the official said.

MCD has also set up an arboretum next to the school in the nursery section of the gardens. “The arboretum has a collection of all the plant species which are found in the Capital along with identification markers, scientific names and key characteristics. It will be used as an educational botanical collection besides being a resource centre for the school of gardening,” a second civic official said.

The arboretum section is spread over a 1.5 acre area and it features more than 250 plant species. The resource centre will be the first such training facility operated by MCD. Currently, the New Delhi Municipal Council operates Delhi’s only school of gardening. The gardening school, which operates out of Purana Quila Road nursery, was set up in 2011. It operates with an objective of providing training to gardeners and horticulturists appointed by MCDs, the Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Police, State Bhavans, and other government departments.

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Paras Singh
Paras Singh is a New Delhi-based journalist with Hindustan Times, where he serves as Deputy Metro Editor. He reports on urban governance, the Delhi government, the Delhi BJP, water management, the environment, communities and city life. He joined Hindustan Times in 2021 after beginning his journalism career at The Times of India in 2016, where he covered civic bodies, the water and power sectors, and urban infrastructure. Over the last decade, some of his reporting has led to significant public impact, with investigations into environmental violations, corruption and illegal industrial activity contributing to multiple judicial interventions by the National Green Tribunal and the Delhi High Court. A graduate of St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Paras studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. Having extensively covered the capital's evolving civic and governance landscape, his recent work increasingly explores Delhi's history, built heritage, urban evolution and the relationship between people and place, alongside continuing to report on governance and public policy.Read More

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