LalBagh Botanical Garden is located in the southern city of Bangalore, capital of Karnataka. The name «Lal Bagh», which means "Red Garden" Garden was due to a large number of growing roses in it. The founder of the garden is Haidar Ali, one of the most famous ruler of Mysore (later - Karnataka). It was on his orders on the territory of about 16ga was a garden, which was intended for his personal use. Plants for the garden were brought almost the whole world - Persia, Afghanistan, France, England. Just a specially built complex irrigation system that not only irrigated land, and has created a wonderful fountains and lotus ponds. Later, the development of the garden was engaged son Haidar Ali Tipu Sultan, who joins the already existing collection of rare and exotic plants.

In 1856 he received the status of LalBagh Government Botanical Garden, and since then has been the object of scientific research. And in 1870, in honor of the Prince of Wales at the initiative of the caretaker of the garden, John Cameron, began construction of the Glass House, which served as a model for London's Crystal Palace. To date, the Glass House each year (January and August), the flower show, to look at the tourists who come from all over the world.

In addition to the Glass House, another attraction is LalBagha KempeGovda monument, located on the top of a rocky formation dating back 3 million years. On top of this hill you can see almost the entire garden.

Currently LalBagh is one of the largest botanical gardens in Asia, it has more than 97 hectares of land. In the garden there are about 1854 species of plants, including a very rare species.

Get into LalBagh possible through one of the four main gates - Southern (considered major), Northern, Western or Eastern. The garden is open to visitors year-round from 6 am to 7 pm, and from 9 am to 6 pm Entrance is paid.