RAJ BHAVAN GARDEN
Raj Bhavan consists of gardens named after inspiring and eminent personalities. Sprawling lawns, fascinating fountains and beautiful collections of seasonal flowers are the hallmark of these gardens.
Raj Bhavan Garden
The campus has some beautiful gardens and fruit orchards. Ashoka Udyaan, the main lawn, is also the largest garden and has more than a hundred varieties of roses. The Murti Garden, named after an old statue of a girl, is another sprawling garden.Buddha Garden, named after Lord Buddha, has a beautiful landscape and a green house.
Phulo Jhano Garden is famous for its musical fountains, the Jawahar Phuhaars.
Lily pond, present in the backyard of the main building, is often used by the governor for his evening walk.
Mahatma Gandhi Aushadhi Udyaan is on the south side of Raj Bhavan . A beautiful fountain stands in the middle of this garden. The Udyaan has a good collection of medicinal plants, spices, herbs, and some very efficacious local medicinal ‘jadi-buties’ used by the tribal people.
A new garden called Nakshatra Van was added in 2003.
Raj Bhavan’s gardens have lush green lawns, pathways, flower beds of a variety of seasonal flowers, fountains, benches and lights . It has its own kitchen garden that meets the needs of the household and its staff. The extra produce is sent to some of the orphanages and old-age homes in Ranchi.
A new garden called Shri Guru Govind Singh Vatika added beside Governor’s House.
RARE PLANTS AND TREES IN RAJ BHAVAN
KALPATARU
RUDRAAKSH
SINDUR
CHANDAN
SITA ASHOK
LAUNG
PILA BAANS
ILAYEECHI
ALL SPICES
KABAB CHINI
DAAL CHINI
PED KADDU
PUBLIC DISPLAY
Raj Bhavan gardens are open to public every year during the month of January-February during which large number of people visit the garden. Raj Bhavan premises have also been opened for the school children who are taken around the premises and the gardens. During the year 2024, 2,70,530 (Two Lakh Seventy Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty) people visited Raj Bhavan to see the gardens.
