The cultivation of flowers for the Chennai Flower Show is in full swing in the horticulture-owned gardens across the district.
Unlike last year, as per request from Chennai, horticulture department officials in Nilgiris will be sending more than five lakh flowers exclusively from Nilgiris district that are being produced at Katteri Horticulture Park, Coonoor Sims Park, Ooty Government Botanical Garden, Horticulture Farm at Nanjanad, and Government Rose Garden. The department staff in these gardens commenced cultivating flower saplings in August this year, and the flowers may bloom by December, after which they will be transported to Chennai.
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