Rock Garden Chandigarh
It displays various sculptures made up of broken ken glass bangles, china ware, discarded fluorescent tube.
ROCK GARDEN Can be developed by NEK CHAND in 1957,a former Road Inspector in Chandigarh. Rock Garden is very nice place. Molded in the form of an open-air exhibition hall, Rock Garden is spread over Area of 64 acres. It is sandwiched between the Sukhna Lake and the Capitol Complex in Sector 1, Chandigarh. Rock Garden in Chandigarh is a rare scenario, which cannot be equated with anything else. Only one of its kinds, the garden is put up with the urban and industrial wastes.
It is very Fabulous. In Rock Garden Childerns can aslo see Camels.
The fantastic 14 chambers with a waterfall, puddles, statues of animals, birds this garden helps one to stretch ones imagination.
It is presently run by the Rock Garden Society.The Rock Garden is still made out of recycled materials. It is situated near Sukhna Lake. It consists of man-made waterfalls and many other sculptures that have been made of scrap & other kinds of wastes (bottles, glasses, bangles, tiles, ceramic pots, sinks, electrical waste, etc) which are placed in walled paths.
TIMING OF ROCK GARDEN
- The Rock Garden works from 10 am to 7 pm except on Thursdays and public
holidays.
- April to September between 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. Between October
and March, it is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m.