The Garden Tourism Festival was an opportunity for the visitors to unwind and indulge in outdoor activities like flying fox and zorbing ball
The 27th Garden Tourism Festival at the Garden of Five Senses concluded recently. Apart from display of over 5,000 flowers, a magic show, cultural performance by Punjabi Academy and a prize distribution ceremony, there were some events organised on the last day.
The festival was organised by Delhi Tourism in association with the Delhi Government and was themed on Vertical Gardens. Seasonal plants, foliage, cacti, hanging baskets, tray garden, bonsai, theme gardens, dahlia, bougainvilleas, roses, aromatic plants, fruit, plants, vegetables, cut flowers (Aster, Antirrhinum, Calendula, Carnation and Gerbera) and flower arrangements were among the various kind of flora displayed during the annual event.
Visitors unwound themselves during the three-day grand event. Almost 50,000 people visited the Garden Tourism Festival. They enjoyed thoroughly as they got the opportunity to take camel rides, watch puppet shows, folk dances of Rajasthan in the open.
Various competitions were organised in 30 odd categories such as hanging baskets, seasonal flowers, floral animals, foliage plants, aromatic plants, tray gardens, cut flowers, flower arrangements. An adventure park was also set up at the venue to let the vistors indulge in outdoor activities such as rappling, flying fox, Burma bridge, zorbing ball.
Garden Tourism Festival is the only festival in India where people find a variety of flowers on display. There were rudraksh plants all the way from Nepal for sale, orchids from Sikkim, bonsai plants, cacti etc.
An on the spot painting competition was also held where Subhangi Das won the first prize, in the junior group and Rohit Gupta won the first prize in the senior group. An amount of Rs 2,000 was awarded to both the winners.
Delhi Tourism, as part of its initiative to promote cultural tourism in Delhi and to offer visitors a glimpse into heritage, will be organising Itra and Sugandhi Mela from February 28 to March 2 at Dilli Haat, Pitampura.