Beautiful flower and vegetable display held at Maitri Bagh in Bhilai

People of Chhattisgarh enjoyed an amazingly wide variety of flowers and art work from vegetables and rangolis on Sunday morning at Maitri Bagh, Bhilai. The display included 300 varieties of roses including some unique ones like black lady rose, dutch rose and Kashmir rose. The event marked thousands of visitors from all over the state. Gardening enthusiasts were seen enquiring about the varieties and maintenance techniques.Some of them even bought a few varieties that were up for sale.
“The floral display stands are beautifully arranged and well-maintained. It’s not often that you get to see such rare varieties of flowers. I particularly liked the bird-shaped figure made from flowers. It’s all very informative and helpful,”says Mansi Thakur, a 46-year-old, homemaker.
While bouquet making and salad decoration competitions on the day gave people a perfect platform to show their creativity, 3-D rangolis put out in the main lawn giving a social message (save the girl child) attracted many. The cultural events going on throughout the day kept the visitors involved.
“It’s for the first time I saw such magnificent rangolis.The concept of 3-D rangolis is actually great, it’s the hard work of artists. I even got to pick some ideas of salad decoration that I can experiment with at home,” says Trishla Khare, a final year B.com student.