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The Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Mughal Gardens, the Herbal Garden, the Spiritual Garden, the Nutrition Garden, the Jatropha Bio-diesel Farm and the Bio-diversity Park will be kept open exclusively for farmers on March 14th this year.
The gardens will be open for farmers or groups of farmers from 10 AM to 4 PM on this day. The entry and exit into the Gardens will be via Gate No. 35 of the President’s Estate, which is located at the extreme end of the Church Road, about 300 meters West of Cathedral Church.
The gardens, which have been opened for public viewing from February 11th will close on March 13th. The attraction for the farmers will be demonstration of commercial aspects of the farming of medicinal and aromatic plants, the bio-diesel plant – jatropha and how to grow organic vegetables by experts from the Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), the National Medicinal Plant Board and Rashtrapati Bhavan staff.
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