31 January, 2010

Delhi garden festival

Introduction:


Environment smelling with sweet fragrance and colourful bed of flowers is the pleasurable sight to people visiting Delhi’s Garden of
the Five Senses.


Delhi heralds a spectacular flower show every year in February. The Garden Tourism Festival was introduced in 2004. A variety of flowers and
exotic plants are displayed here.


The event is organised by Delhi Tourism for three days. In 2010, the fest will be held from February 20th to 22nd.

New Delhi's annual Garden Show invites visitors to glance through the implausible exhibition just as the flowers are blossoming and the gardens are bursting with colour.


Displays include plants, flowers, trees and specially designed water gardens with exotic lilies and plants. The entry is open to all and no fee is charged at all. The Garden Festival, at Said-ul-Ajaib displays beautiful flowers, trees, alongside rockeries, fountains, theme based gardens, lily pool, horticultural demonstrations and activities.


The Garden Tourism Festival showcases thousands of variety of flower like dahlias, roses, potted plants, bonsai, home plants and others. Flower enthusiasts and horticulturists find it a great place during festival. Apart from flower display, painting competitions for children, art camp for budding artists and thematic cultural shows to entertain the visitors are also held here.

Flowers arranged in the popular Japanese art of flower arrangement, Ikebana, medicinal plants,
hanging baskets, garden equipment, accessories, fresh plants and everything related to garden and gardening are displayed. Garden festival is not only a visual feast of flowers, but also quenches the thirst of gardening enthusiasts and horticulturists by helping them in knowing them about new techniques being employed in the science of gardening. The place is also fun and frolic for children of all ages.

Another annual Garden Festival, held at the ancient Talkatora Gardens also celebrates Garden festival to display hundreds of colourful flowers and exotic plants giving complex to everyone around.

Various Asian countries participate in the festival which helps in promoting a healthy
relationship between Asian cities.

Time to celebrate

New Delhi's annual Garden Fesival is organised by Delhi Tourism for three days in Garden of Five Senses or Said-ul-Ajaib. In 2010, the fest will be held from February 20th to 22nd.

How to reach

By Air

Delhi is the main gateway city for northern India. Indira Gandhi International Airport is located at 23km southwest of Central Delhi and the domestic terminal at Palam is 5km away from the international terminal. Many national and international flights connect Delhi to other cities of India and abroad.


By Rail

Delhi has good network of trains touching it from all parts of the country. The city has two major railway stations in New Delhi and Old Delhi. Shatabdi Express operates to Bhopal (via Agra, Gwalior, Jhansi), Lucknow (via Kanpur) and Chandigarh, provides access to some of the neighboring tourist centres.

By Bus

Buses from all the major places in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are available for getting to Delhi.

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