TNPSC Thervupettagam

Largest Open-Air Fernery

September 16 , 2021 1040 days 992 0
  • India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in Ranikhet of Uttarakhand.
  • It is the country’s first open-air fernery in natural surroundings which is not under any poly-house/ shade house.
  • The fernery has the largest collection of fern species, second to only Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Thiruvananthapuram.
  • It has been developed under Central Government’s Compensatory Afforestation Management Funds Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme.

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