The Summer festivities in the Nilgiris usually start with the Rose show during second week end of May every year, and is also one of the most colorful events during the summer festival. The first Rose show was conducted on May 2001 and is being conducted annually by the Tamil Nadu Horticulture Department at the centenary Rose Park at ooty. There are more than three thousand varieties of Roses in the Garden. All of them can be seen in full bloom during the Rose Show. The garden becomes a riot of colours with every rose looking more beautiful than the other. The special attraction of the Rose show are the Rose towers specially designed with thousands of roses becoming cynosure of all eyes and the rose petal Rangolis adding extra colour to the Rose show.