Empress Garden popularly known as Soldier's Garden, it is a botanical Park located very close to Pune Race Course. The park was originally a property of Sardar Vithalrao Purandhare and General Finjer used to manage it.

The Empress Garden lies adjacent to the Pune Solapur Road. This is a rather large garden, covering an area of about 59 acres.Here there are several varieties of fruit and flower bearing trees. People often turn up in large numbers for a picnic at the Empress Garden of Pune.

The Empress Garden of Pune is rather famous for its collection of tropical trees and a small zoo. The chief products of the garden are mangoes, tamarind and cut flowers.