The College boasts of a well - planned herbal garden that includes several extinct and rare species of flora. The total no. of species are more than 298 including rare species whereas total no. of medicinal plants are more than 1230. The students are motivated to take benefit of this garden to identify the species and to understand the morphological characterization of medicinal plants. UG and PG students from different colleges/ institutes, school students and common people visit the herbal garden for identification of various plants on regular basis. Some of the plant products are also used for day to day preparation of herbal medicine.
The plants grown are useful in the practical classes of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Drug Technology. This well-developed medicinal plant garden provides a strong impetus for herbal drug research and to impart training to the graduate students. It supplies crude raw material and fresh plant specimens essential to carry out herbal drug and natural product-related research by the graduate, postgraduate and doctoral students of Institute of Pharmacy. Students of Institute of Pharmacy use the botanical garden to collect the herbs for their routine practical work as well as for their research work during their project. Students collect the plant parts based on their project need to prepare extract and isolate the important phytoconstituents with therapeutic importance. The collection of plants is also useful to prepare herbarium specimens by undergraduate students.
The Dale View College was established in the year 2003 by the Founder and Chairman Sri. C. Christu Das with a vision to impart quality education in Pharmacy.