Haryana flower show reveals an increase in demand for air purifying plants

The two-day lower show or the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Flower Festival 2017 held at Leisure Valley saw people craving for air-purifying plants to counter the effects of pollution. With more and more people growing plants at home, they prefer air-purifying plants. Some of the most popular varieties of air-purifying plants were sansevieria, areca palm, Boston fern and spider plant.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 27 February 2017.

Apart from these plants, other attractions were roses, marigolds, daisies and lilies and a large variety of bonsai plants - their prices ranged from ₹500 to ₹25,000. There was an increasing awareness in NCR about the bonsai plants and both Chinese and Indian bonsai plants were on display.
Then there were the medicinal and vastu plants. However, the number of stalls were less this year - it was only 35 compared to 70 of last year.
To cater to outstation visitors there are a wide variety of street food stalls and ice-cream vendors.


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The flower show is on in the Ranchi Raj Bhavan as the gates of the governor's house were thrown open to the public to enable the visitors to soak in the beauty of an array of flowers in the garden. The show will go on till February 12 and visitors can drop in anytime from 3pm to 5pm.
For school and college students, the gates will be open from 8am to 11am.
On the first day, over 500 school and college students came to get a glimpse of the seasonal flowers ans snap selfies.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 2 February 2017.

There are around 65 varieties of flowers like petunia, dahlia, pansy, dog flower, aster and over 1,000 types of plants apart from trees like sapodilla, custard apple, pomegranate, coconut, banana and sal were a treat to the eyes.
Other attractions in the Raj Bhavan gardens this year are a fish pond and a new Guru Govind Singh vatika. This is decorated with a fountain and a lotus pond. Then there is the newly renovated Buddha garden that is spread over 1.5 acres.
The Governor House also boasts of gardens like Akbar garden, Motilal Nehru garden, Jawaharlal Nehru garden, Birsa Munda mandap and Lily garden.



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It was during the Independence Day flower show at Lalbagh Botanical Gardens that swarms of honeybees attacked four men. While one of the victims is critical and under observation in hospital, the others escaped with minor injuries. The attack took place at around 3pm immediately after they stepped into the botanical gardens.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 16 August 2016.

The victims were rushed to the hospital. They had planned to meet friends at the venue and enjoy the holiday. Both received immediate medical attention and the administration confirmed that they had removed three bee hives from the main premises before commencing the show. Moreover, since this was not their breeding season, there are only a few honeybees around and extra care had been taken to ensure adequate safety for visitors.
It may be recalled tat last year, a seven-year old girl died after she was attacked by bees in the I-Day flower show, 2015. She had come with her parents and, when she was playing near a tree, she suddenly started screaming. Her father tried to shield her from the swarm of bees but, it was too late. She succumbed to her injuries.


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