Daijiworld News Network - Bangalore (MB)
Report and pics by Jessie Rodrigues
Bangalore, Aug 11: The Indian Independence day horticultural show is organized from August 8 to 15 in the Glass House at Lal Bagh, Bangalore.
The annual flower show was inaugurated at the Lal Bagh Glass House on Tuesday as part of Independence day celebrations. This event is jointly organized by the Mysore Horticultural Society and the state's department of horticulture.
People from all over Bangalore flock to the venue to view this beautiful event. The school children are brought in batches to visit this place. The artists have been very creative in designing the Indian Flag with Anthurium flowers.
As an added attraction, unique-shaped flower pots were on display in addition to the coffee plant stems artistically carved and designed. Under vegetable garden section, the snake gourds in pots were exceeding over 5' in length.
The vegetable carvings were beyond one's imagination, right from a mermaid to a bridal couple, in addition to beautiful flowers, one could easily mistake them for fresh flowers.
The Ikebana arrangements are worth mentioning as people queued up patiently just to enter the hall. The Belmont Orchids were one of the rare ones on display.
The show will conclude on the 15th of this month.
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