Delhi

Why it matters: the Aga Khan Trust for Culture spent a decade turning a century-old British plant nursery into this 90-acre heritage park, opened in 2018 – conserving 15 Mughal-era monuments while running a parallel programme of vocational training, health and sanitation work in the neighbouring Nizamuddin Basti, including the Insha-e-Noor women’s craft collective founded in 2008. It is now Delhi’s first arboretum, with almost 300 tree species, 80 bird species and a 500-metre central vista tracing the old Grand Trunk Road. Come early, walk the microhabitat zone that recreates Delhi’s four native habitats, and pair it with Humayun’s Tomb two minutes away on a joint ticket. Open daily 7am to 10pm; the organic farmers’ market runs Sunday mornings from 8am.