A Four-Day Floricultural & Horticultural Exhibition Will Kick Start at Kadri Park From January 26

A Four-Day Floricultural & Horticultural Exhibition Will Kick Start at Kadri Park From January 26

A four-day floricultural and horticultural exhibition will kick start at Kadri Park here from January 26. Organised by the Department of Horticulture in association with Siri Totagarike Sangha and Kadri Park Committee, a model made from flowers showing water flow from a “bindige” (a vessel) will be an added attraction at the show. The entry fee per an adult will be ₹20 and it will be ₹10 per child. There will be free entry for school children in uniform, senior citizens, physically challenged persons and differently abled children and persons. Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada V. Sunil Kumar will inaugurate the show at 10 a.m. on the Republic Day. The show will end on January 29.

About 10,000 flowering plants raised by the department will be exhibited. They included dwarf yellow and orange marigold, salvia red, vinca, dwarf torenio. Different types of anthurium, gerbere, chrysanthemum, rose, impatience, petonia, ixora, bonsai, orchids will be on display. In addition, there will be vegetable carvings and different types of cut flowers in the show. Vegetable saplings, ornamental plants, and different types of other plants will be for sale. There will be a demonstration of vegetable garden. Variety of fruits and vegetables cultivated by farmers will be on display. In all there will be 125 stalls. The stalls will also sell manure, seeds, farm equipment, and value-added food products.