Horticulture Dept. ramps up preparations to host annual ower and rose shows concurrently in Ooty
Arrangements are in full swing at the Government Botanical Garden (GBG) and Government Rose Garden (GRG) in Udhagamandalam as the Horticulture Department prepares to organise the ower show as well as the rose show concurrently this year.
Sibila Mary, Joint Director of Horticulture (Nilgiris district), said that it had been conrmed that the 19th annual rose show would be held at the GRG
Arrangements being made at the Government Botanical Garden in Udhagamandalam for the flower show.
from May 10 to 19.
Earlier, the district administration had only conrmed that the 126th anthe
nual ower show and fruit show would be organised this year, in view of the Model Code of Conduct for election.
The Joint Director said that while the ower show would be held from May 10 to 20, the rose show would be held from May 10 to 19. The fruit show would be organised at Sims Park in Coonoor from May 24 to 26, ocials said.
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Decorative props
Among the decorative props that are to be installed are gabion sculptures – wire baskets lled with rocks resembling objects, people or animals.
This year, horticulture ocials had decided to install the gabion sculptures in time for the ower show. However, due to the announcement of the rose show, they would rst be used at GRG and then sent back to GBG, where they would be transformed into topiaries, ocials said.
Due to a water shortage, Horticulture Department ocials have been struggling to nd water delivery services to maintain the garden’s greenery till the start of the summer festival shows.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan on Wednesday said that the State government would approach the Supreme Court on the issue of Karnataka’s refusal to release Cauvery water.
‘No change in stance’
“Their [the Karnataka government’s] stance of refusing to release water has not changed irrespective of whether they have had adequate water or not,” Mr. Duraimurugan said, addressing the media in Chennai.
“They are refusing to release water in spite of the directions from the Cauvery Water Management Authority to do so. Karnataka is not respecting the Central government’s directive. The Supreme Court should question them, and we will move the top court,” Mr. Duraimurugan said.