SAID-UL-AZAIB

Garden of Five Senses

This 20 acre site is located at Said-Ul-Azaib village close to the Mehrauli heritage area and Mehrauli-Badarpur Road. It has almost two hundred varieties of newly introduced plants alongwith existing vegetation such as Kikar, thorny Ber bush, etc. Established in February 2003, this garden has been designed to satisfy the five senses of sight, sound, touch, smell and taste of the visitors. The garden serves as the venue of a number of festivals like Garden tourism festival, food festivals, Dandiya festivals etc. 25 sculptures and murals of skilled craftsmen and artisans of India are displayed here. It was developed by the Delhi Tourism Transportation Development Corporation.
Entry - Soaring stainless steel birds mounted on slate clad pillars welcome you into the park. An expansive plaza, set on the natural slope of the site, invites you up the spiral walkway. Across, a troupe of elephants cut in stone regale in a water bath.
Khas Bagh - A garden patterned on the lines of Mughal Garden. Slow moving water cascades in channels along its length while flowering and fragrant shrubs and trees line its path. The central axis leads to a series of fountains, some of which are lit up by fibreoptic lighting systems. Encapsulating the expression here is the sculpture of 'A fountain tree'.
Food and Shopping Court - This is located on the other side of the walkway, secluded and away from the heart of the garden.
Trail of Fragrance - This leads away to a rocky ridge to the north, where elevated amongst the rocks, a sculpture in stainless steel inspired by a pin wheel is seen.
Neel Bagh - This is a pool of water lilies encircled by pegols covered with climbing plants of different colours and textures. Overhead we can hear hundreds of ceramic bells chime.
Colour gardens - Beautiful compositions of ordinary flowering shrubs and ground covers with familiar plants.
Courts of Specimen Plants - Displays not so frequently seen species of bamboo, cactii, herbs etc.
Amphitheatre - Nestled amongst the natural slope of the ridge, it has blocks of sandstone to serve as seating. At the rear of the Garden is an open exhibition area for displaying art, holding art workshops etc.
Solar Energy Park - This park, set up with the aim of promoting awareness about renewable sources of energy, has on display two buses, bicycles, cars, computers, etc that run on solar energy.