The 30th Noida Flower Show was inaugurated by Shri Rama Raman, Chairman Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Industrial Development Authority on Friday, February 26 in the evening at 4pm.
The theme flower of the Noida Flower Show – Cineraria – displayed in a beautiful arrangement of pots with colorful blooms was a sight to behold.
The 30th Noida Flower Show was a big success with 70 Stalls, 65 participants, and 7000 entries received. The concluding day being Sunday saw a footfall of over 5000 garden enthusiasts. Prominent Participants included Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Industrial Development Authorities, Private Nurseries, NDMC, MCD, Bharat Petroleum, CMDR, Rajiv Gandhi Smriti Van, Kumar Mangalam House, Hero Motors, LG, NIFFM, Hero Moto Corps, DS Group and DPS and Sommerville Group of Schools.
The Floriculture Society of Noida had engaged the visitors in a session on composting and organic gardening. A demo on Sunday was given by the Floriculture Society members on making organic manure and pesticide from fruit and vegetable peels. The society members encouraged visitors to join their green mission. The organizers ensured to inform visitors about the plants helpful in warding off polluting gases and help keep our environs clean. Placards with information on the medicinal plants and herbs was displayed at the flower show.
People in large numbers attended the flower show appreciating the colors and smells of spring. The Noida Flower show provided a unique opportunity to green enthusiasts to appreciate over 600 plants – seasonal, annuals and perennials – in their full glory. Selfies and group photography was a common sight. While some shutterbugs were keen to take close up shots of these spring beauties.
Read 30th Noida Flower Show | What to Expect
Highlight of the inaugural day was pots and spot gardens. Flower arrangement and vegetable carving competitions were lined up for the second day of the flower show. Noida Flower Show was gardeners’ delight with a variety of foliage, flowering, fruit and vegetable plants, herbs, ornamental plants were put up for sale. Pots, manure, garden equipment and along with it advice on plant care was easily available to the green thumbs of Noida.
Food court pavilion had stalls serving variety of delectable quick meals. Evenings were marked for cultural performances. Painting and Dance competitions were held on final day of the Noida Flower Show.
Prize Winners at 30th Noida Flower Show
Some of the prize winners of the coveted categories at the Noida Flower Show.
- Best Hanging Basket – NDMC
- Landscaping – Noida and Greater Noida Authority
- Medicinal Display – Green Decor
- Bulbous Plants – NDMC
- Bonsai – Noida Authority and NDMC
- Cactus and Succulents – Northern Railways
- Dahlia – Kumar Mangalam House
- Sector Park – Park of Sector 17
- Best Garden – Bharat Petroleum
The Chief Guest for the closing day was Shri Sushil Chandra Tripathi, Retired IAS Officer, Former Secretary to UP Govt and Govt of India. The Flower Show concluded with prize distribution to the winners of the 30th Noida Flower Show and the various competitions organized during the three day event. 500 Dracaena plants were distributed to the children participating in the painting competition.
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Yogi Saraswat
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wow ! Great Exhibitions to tell about the love to flower of Noida Peoples .
Bushra Muzaffar
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True…it was a great flower exposition with a wide variety of flowers. Residents of Noida participate in this flower show every year with lot of enthusiasm.
Ravish Mani
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Lovely clicks, Bushra. 🙂 Cineraria has medicinal values too. It's one of the ingredients of many eye drops.
Arun Prasadh
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Lovely flowers.
Steps Together
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Wow.. great post..
Indrani
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Good participation by people. The ones held here are jam packed.
Great coverage done.
ArchanaC Kapoor
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It's a complete mela… 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Great..thanks Ravish for sharing this fact about pretty Cineraria flowers. Much appreciate your inputs on the blog through comments. 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks Arun! Have a lovely day!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Yep…it's a lot fun. Thanks Archana!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks Ranjani!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Being the last day people were more busy shopping plants. Some bargains were a steal:) Thanks Indrani for the kind words!
Binod Mairta
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Wow…Amazing Bushra.
Jyothi D'mello
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An amazing event. Just what our environment needs. Imagine the number of people going back home with a sapling or a plant pot 🙂 Beautiful pictures Bushra.
joshi daniel
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looks beautiful 🙂
Maitreni Mishra
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What a mesmerizing ambiance.. I wish I was there!
Bhavani Nandan
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Wow……awesome!!!!!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks Binod for stopping by 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Absolutely wonderful thought, Jyothi. In fact organizers ensured their 'Green Noida' message reaches most of the households of Noida by giving one sapling each to the participating students. That is one step in the right direction 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thank you! Have a great weekend 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks Bhavani!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Hey Maitreni! It is a nice event to be part of…i like these pretty flower shows. They take you a step closer to nature here in the urban landscapes. Have a great day!
bettyl-NZ
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These are some lovely colors! It's fun to see them all in one place!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks Betty for the nice words! Have a great day!
Ariadne
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Thanks for sharing with us in Our Beautiful World. AriadnefromGreece!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thank you for stopping by Ariadne!
Supermum2016
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Thanks for sharing. Looks really interesting
MummyTravels
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What gorgeous flowers – thanks for linking up to #citytripping
Eco Gites of Lénault
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I do love a flower show – so colourful #citytriping
Bushra Muzaffar
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The flower shows are truly a wonderful sight. Thanks for visiting by!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Wonderfuls…isn't it?! Thanks Mummy Travels for dropping by. Have a great day!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thank you Supermum! Have a great day!
Jibber JabberUK
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What an absolutely stunning flower show. So much vibrant colour everywhere.
Bushra Muzaffar
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Very colorful…ya 🙂 Thanks for dropping by. Have a great weekend!
Grey World Nomads
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I love flower shows. Great ideas if you have an own garden
Bushra Muzaffar
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True…there were garden displays at the flower show which were so awesome anyone would want to replicate. I have started a potted herbal garden at my place. Thanks for coming by. Have a great Sunday!
Wander Mum
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Beautiful flowers! These kind of shows are really good for giving some inspiration for your own garden. Thank you for linking to #citytripping
Bushra Muzaffar
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Absolutely…great ideas, tips and shopping is what i look forward to in a flower show. Thanks for visiting by. Have a great day!
Bumble Bee Mum
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Beautiful! I love the rows of colours! #TravelTuesday #CityTripping
Bushra Muzaffar
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I love them too 🙂 Have a great day Bumble Bee Mum!
NC Sue
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I bet you could almost get drunk on all the delightful sights and smells!
Thanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/03/spring-has-finally-sprung.html
Gillena Cox
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how nice; do have a good week
much love…
Nick V.
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Wonderful! You may like to share your flower-related posts on the Floral Friday Fotos meme:
http://floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com.au/
Nicholas V
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What a marvellous event! Definitely great to visit for all flower lovers.
Many thanks for contributing to the Travel Tuesday meme!
Photo Cache
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Love purple flowers. I love all shades of purple in flowers. Must be a fun event.
Worth a Thousand Words
Lisa Kerner
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Ahhhh, the sea of blooms. I bet it was a terrific day.
Lisa @ LTTL (www.lisakerner-slp.com)
riitta k
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Great display of colors. The first photo is amazing.
Bushra Muzaffar
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Yes..it is a great event. Thanks for hosting. Have a great day!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks for the link. I would be happy to join the link-up party there 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!
Bushra Muzaffar
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SO aptly put in words. One does get drowned in the beauty of the flowers. Many thanks for hosting the wonderful link-up blog hop. Have a great day!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Yes..it was wonderful. Thanks for being here. I love purple and pink in petunias 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks for the kind words, Riitta. Have a great day!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Yes, Lisa. It was a fantastic day. Flourish of color all around. Thanks for being here. Have a great day!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks for hosting. The garden shows are vibrant.
Mascha
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The first photo is really wow! Wish, I had seen that all…
Greetings from Germany
Ting Dalton
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What a lovely event and the colours are wonderful. Thanks for linking up with #MondayEscapes
Jackie Mc Guinness
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I love garden shows even though I don't have a garden anymore. I do have my camera though!
Bushra Muzaffar
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I too have only a small potted garden. Yup camera gives us the virtual garden too 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks for the kind words, Mascha. Take a virtual tour with us. I have yet to post few pictures of the exhibits which I liked…so keep watching this space 🙂
Ruth Rieckehoff
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I love flowers! I have not been to an event like this in years. I would like to attend an orchid one.
Bushra Muzaffar
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Orchids are beautiful and so are tulips. I have seen pix of flower shows totally dedicated to a single flower.. the images were mesmerising. For that matter any flower show is great, colorful and refreshing 🙂