The Government Rose Garden (formerly known as the Centenary Rose Park) is situated in Vijayanagaram of Ooty town, on the slopes of the Elk Hill.
Today this garden has the largest collection of roses in the country.
Like Hybrid Tea Roses, miniature rose, Floribunda, Ramblers, roses of unusual colors like black and green are some of the more than 17,000 varieties of roses that are planted in the park.
The rose varieties planted in this park were assembled from different sources.
The 'Nila Maadam' is located in a spot from where viewers can see the entire rose garden.