Parks & nature for kids

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden Howrah

The AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Shibpur is a large living plant collection whose most memorable family encounter is the Great Banyan: a single tree that can look like a small woodland. Choose a selective walk rather than trying to cover the entire garden. Comparing roots, leaf shapes and different kinds of trees can make this a genuinely engaging outdoor visit for children. It is also a conservation and research landscape with restrictions on games, plant damage and disposable plastics, so it should not be sold as an unrestricted picnic or playground.