BANGALORE: Life is like a basket of flowers; you never know how many varieties you will get. Check these out: dinosaurs made of 50,000 flowers, mermaids of roses and 120 new species.
Get ready to see the Garden City's famous flower show in Lalbagh on Friday. Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will inaugurate the `Indian Independence Day Horticultural Show 2009' at the Glass House, Lalbagh. Nearly 720 species will be displayed, of which 120 among them, including tulips, wax-flower, nebrane and rice-flower are introduced for the first time. Apart from indigenous varieties, 80 foreign species are likely to be the attraction this year. Teddy bears, rabbits, fish, elephants and deer made of flowers will woo children. Ikebana, Indian floral art, vegetable carving, Dutch flower arrangements, dry flowers, Thai art, Jannur and Bonsai shows will open on August 8 and 9. Nearly 1,200 participants will compete under different sections.
Tickets will cost Rs 30 on weekdays and Rs 40 on weekends, while those under 12 years will be charge Rs 10. Tickets can be bought from Lalbagh main gate, Double Road gate, Siddapura gate, Basavanagudi gate and 200 Hopcom centres. Online tickets won't be available now because they were not effective last year. However, the show's popularity has risen to an unprecedented level with six lakh visitors forecasted this year. Last year's attendance was 3.5 lakh people.
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