The 144th memorial day of the architect of the world renowned Ooty Botanical Gardens, William Graham Mclvor, was observed today. Nilgiris District Collector Innocent Divya placed a flower wreath at his tomb in St. Stephen's Church and paid her respects.
The Nilgiris: The 144th memorial day of the architect of the world renowned Ooty Botanical Gardens, William Graham Mclvor, was observed today. Nilgiris District Collector Innocent Divya placed a flower wreath at his tomb in St. Stephen's Church and paid her respects.
Every year, nearly 3 million people visit the breathtakingly beautiful garden established by William Graham McIvor in Ooty. A Scottish gardener and superintendent of the Neilgherry Cinchona plantations in Ooty, he established the botanical garden in 1867 and thus brought horticulture to the Nilgiris.
Remembering his exemplary contribution, District Collector J Innocent Divya today placed her respects by placing a wreath on his grave at his St. Stephens' Church in Ooty.
William Graham McIvor was not only the architect of botanical garden but also was very instrumental in sourcing many exotic fruits and flowers to the Nilgiris.
He spent nearly three decades in the Nilgiris and developed horticulture and botany to a whole new level in the Nilgiris.
He died in the Nilgiris on June 8, 1876 and his body was entombed in the cemetery of St. Stephen's Church Complex.
Earlier, the Nilgiris Documentation Centre made an appeal to the garden administration to consider installing a plaque on his memory, at the entrance of the gardens.