Government Rose Garden, Botanical garden in Ooty, India.

Government Rose Garden is a botanical garden spread across terraced slopes in Ooty, featuring thousands of rose varieties arranged across multiple levels. The garden is laid out with paved pathways connecting five distinct terraces, each with dedicated planting areas and rest spots for visitors.

The garden was established at Vijayanagaram on the slopes of Elk Hill in 1995 to mark the centenary of the flower show held at the Government Botanical Gardens, Udagamandalam. It was planted with 1,919 rose varieties and 17,256 plants, and is maintained by the Tamil Nadu Horticulture Department. In May 2006 it received the Garden of Excellence Award from the World Federation of Rose Societies in Osaka, Japan.

The garden's names trace its short history: it opened as Nootrandu Roja Poonga, the Centenary Rose Park, for the 1995 flower-show centenary, and was later called the Jayalalithaa Rose Garden before reverting to Government Rose Garden. Roses here were assembled from sources around the world, and the Nila Maadam platform lets visitors look over the whole garden.

The garden is open daily with easy access through paved pathways and multiple rest areas positioned across the terraces. The layout makes it manageable to explore at your own pace, though the elevation and slopes may require some physical effort.

The garden cultivates rare black roses sourced from specific regions around the world, which visitors might not expect to find in this location. These unusual varieties highlight the depth of the botanical collection beyond the more common rose types.