Sikkim got its first moss garden at the Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical Garden in Rumtek, 24 km to the South-West of Gangtok, courtesy, a Briton, who put in a voluntary effort to create the facility.
Mr Robert Pompey worked for 15 months to create the unique garden after volunteering his services to the Department of Forest, Environment and Wildlife Management after arriving in the State in January, 2011.
The garden is built around a 20m x 20m rock graphic phyllite outcrop and has an area of 40 m square. It contains no man-made materials and stones are used to create paths.