Botanical Garden of Hyderabad is also one of the interesting sightseeing places in Hyderabad offering a refreshing setting and rich flora. Having been developed by the Forest Departments, Botanical Garden is situated in Madhapur near the Hi-tech City which is almost 16 km away from centre of the city.
The land for botanical garden has been allotted in in the Kothaguda Reserve Forest for the purpose of preserving natural flora and fauna. Spread across an area of 120 acres, this garden is consisted of 19 Vanams or sectors. It first was opened with 5 sectors constituting of various kinds of flora such as medicinal plants, ornamental plants, fruit and timber trees, bamboos, palm trees along with wide variety of aquatic plants.