New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) will celebrate the 50th year of the inception of its annual Flower Show on February 22 later this month. The show, started in 1958, is expected to draw around four to five thousand visitors this year, a university official said.
The event will be organised in the lawns of the Social Science building in front of Daulat Ram College.
"This time we will add some flavour to the event. We will be organizing a painting competition on February 15 to spread awareness on environmental issues and inculcate love for flowers, trees and greenery," University Garden Committee Secretary, Mr. Rajesh Tandon said.
The show has invited school and college students from the city to participate in the event. The event includes a biology quiz, cut flower, pot flower and Rangoli competition among a total of 63 competitions.
"The event will be a 'mini-fair' kind. Even street plays will be staged on the occasion by college students and some professionals," he added. Lt Governor of Delhi Tejender Khann will be the chief guest.
The Delhi University has the great tradition of maintaining greenery in and around it's campus. The University's two campuses - the North Campus and the South Campus, are well decorated with parks and gardens. The famous parks of DU are Mughal Garden, Jawahar Vatika and the Platinum Jubilee Park. The DU hostels have also well maintained gardens.
It is worth noting that DU has a Conservatory of around 250 species of rare and medicinal plants. To look after the gardens and parks in the campus, a total of about 150 gardeners have been appointed.
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