In New Delhi, India, Sunder Nursery features a spectacular pedestrian Central Axis conceived in three parts, as a progression of formally arranged gardens around the heritage structures and merging at its end with the proposed arboretum and water gardens.
Time magazine calls Sunder Nursery the world’s 100 greatest places to visit, stay in or dine at. Restored in phases since 2007, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture has now completed the infrastructure required to make Sunder Nursery a ticketed site. The restored Mughal-era complex adjacent to Humayun’s Tomb in south Delhi was opened to…
Time magazine calls Sunder Nursery the world’s 100 greatest places to visit, stay in or dine at. Restored in phases since 2007, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture has now completed the infrastructure required to make Sunder Nursery a ticketed site. The restored Mughal-era complex adjacent to Humayun’s Tomb in south Delhi was opened to the public in February this year and has been visited by over 200,000 people since. For over a century, it had been the capital’s most popular plant nursery, and even today 20 of its 60 acres are used as a source for plants by Central Public Works Department.