The 30th Garden Tourism Festival was inaugurated on Friday with an aim to showcase the horticultural variety of Delhi. The theme of the festival is ‘Skills in Gardening’. The feature of this year’s festival is 3D street art.
Delhi Minister for Tourism Kapil Mishra inaugurated the fest and congratulated the ‘Delhi Tourism Department’ for hosting ‘Garden Tourism Festival’ and said that Delhi has a lot to explore and Garden of Five Senses offers an exploration potential for people and they should visit this venue again and again’.
“Garden Tourism Festival presents numerous types of plants that give innovative answer to Delhi’s growing sound and air pollution. Nearly 22 acre venue for Garden of Five Senses is a project of Delhi Tourism and indeed a special one. The serene place has more than 500 species of plants with various attractions such as court of palm, court of cacti, herbal gardens, tree museum, Topiary gardens, Zen gardens, aromatic gardens and butterfly zone,” said a Delhi Tourism Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) official.
SP Singh, MD & CEO of DTTDC mentioned that this festival has been drawing a distinct theme each year and this year’s theme is ‘Skills in Gardening’ which offers innovative opportunities at this event to beautify and enhance Delhi’s landscape, despite space and other constraints. This event also aims to educate people about the benefits of gardening with respect to health, lifestyle, environment, etc.