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Monday, May 20, 2002
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Floriculture A flower show with a difference L.N. Revathy
CROWD PULLER: The Rose Garden in Udhagamandalam is the largest one of its kind in the country with the collection crossing the 2000-varieties mark.
UDHAGAMANDALAM, May 19 THE 106th Annual Flower Show at the Government Botanical Gardens in the Queen of Hill Stations was a show with a difference. Compared to the earlier ones in the series, it not only attracted large crowds but the style of presentation and displays at the stalls were pitched at commercialising floriculture ventures. The cocktail cut flower arrangement was an attraction. Floral arrangement experts from Bangalore and Nagaland participated in the event this year. Over 150 varieties of imported and indigenous flowers were on display. The thrust was on floriculture and green house technology. The `Lillium Mound' was a crowd puller. Over 4,500 lillies, collected from in and around Nilgiris, was used in building a pyramid like structure. Only last week, the summer festival took off to a good start when the Nilgiris Rose Society, in association with the Department of Horticulture, organised the Rose Show at the Centenary Rose Park here. It was established in 1995, on a 4-hectare sloppy area of Elk Hill with over 17,250 rose plants of 1,919 varieties. Incidentally, this Rose Garden is the largest one of its kind in the country. Today, the collection has crossed the 2,000-varieties mark. The Joint Director of Horticulture, Mr K. Shanmugham, told Business Line that over Rs 10 lakh had been spent in the overall improvement of the rose garden. The department, he said, was gearing up to provide all facilities to the flower growers to create awareness. A complex, fully funded by the Government, on an outlay of Rs 75 lakh under the HADP Part II Scheme would be commissioned within the next couple of months, he said. According to visitors, the current year's show came as an eye-opener to the existence of the potential for commercial exploitation of floriculture, including export of flowers and ornamental plants.
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