BANGALORE: It’s that time of the
year when people pay their biannual homage to Lalbagh which,
amid a highly polluted and concrete jungle, stands tall
as a refreshing testament to India’s Garden City.
Apart from being every photographer’s dream destination,
the Lalbagh Republic Day flower show, organised by the Department
of Horticulture, attracts visitors from all over the State.
The flower show, inaugurated on Saturday, features over
a hundred varieties of winter flowering plants and annual
plants, like the marigold, morning glory, sweet peas, celosia
and poppy, among others.
B.S. Sridhar, a visitor, said that it is a golden opportunity
to see so many colourful flowers under one roof. Not only
was it pleasing to the eye, he said, it was a balm for the
soul. “The flower show is a treat to those who are
interested in gardening and I eagerly wait every year to
buy the various plants on sale,” said Devi Menon,
a homemaker.
A group of farmers called Kan Flora from Sirsi, Karnataka,
has come with a colourful stock of over 25 varieties of
orchids for sale. They have been attending the flower show
for two years now. Sadanand Hegde, an orchidologist associated
with the group, said: “The farmers benefit a lot from
this show by learning new techniques and information regarding
horticulture.”
A wide variety of vegetables are on display, apart from
seeds and saplings of the flowering plants and vegetables.
The Horticulture Department has put up an exhibition on
the ‘Role of horticulture food and nutrition security’.
The exhibition, through posters, depicts the crop diversity
in Karnataka, the nutritional values of fruit and vegetable,
kitchen garden and so on. A flower pattern made of seashells
by the tsunami-affected people of Pulicat village, Tamil
Nadu, was the special attraction of the day.
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