The Sunder Nursery is built around the Batashewala complex, a short distance away from Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi. Designed by the late landscape architect M Shaheer, Sunder Nursery has a 550-metre-long ornamental central vista starts from the entrance zone of Humayun's Tomb. The gardens along the central vista, inspired by Mughal traditions, employ lotus-shaped marble fountains, geometric flower beds and raised sandstone pathways. According to officials, the area contains 4500 trees and 54 varieties of flowers. Apart from this, there are around 80 different types of bird species and 36 types of butterflies. Their Bonsai House is home to some bonsai over 80 years old. Notably, Sunder Nursery is also Delhi’s First Arboretum. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. The heritage compound has 12 monuments designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, 6 of them are in Sunder Nursery: Sunder Burj, Lakkarwala Burj, Mirza Muzaffar Hussain’s Tomb, Sunderwala Mahal, Chhota Batashewala and the Unknown Mughal’s tomb. In its annual list of the World's Greatest Places, 2018, Time magazine has named Sunder Nursery as a must-visit place among iconic spots from 48 countries. The magazine described the park as “a horticultural haven with restored Mughal-era monuments and water features.”
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