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Dry flowers add a dash of colour to their lives
The Hindu, Kerala, India
The dry flowers are stunning. And they add colour and fragrance to the lives of a small group of women in the hilly village of Nellimalam, near Thrikkaippatta, in Wayanad.
Dry leaves, flowers and seeds, usually discarded as waste, help these women make ends meet.
Flowers may not be blooming at Talegaon
iexpressindia.com, Pune, India
It should not matter to about 60 entities who had been allotted land at the Talegaon Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Floriculture Park that their business is not going great guns. Because, these plots of land allotted at Rs 2.45 lakh an acre are reportedly quoting at Rs 25 lakh an acre now, a 10-fold appreciation....
Horticulture tourism
The Hinus, Bangalore, India
Horticulture Department properties in Kemmangundi, Nandi Hills, Ooty and Biligiri Ranga (B.R.) Hills will be developed during this year with introduction of ornamental flowers and landscaping plants to attract tourists.
Madurai Malli being patented
Business Line, Madurai, India
A Committee from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is working on securing a patent for Madurai Malli (the Tamil word for jasmine flower cultivated in the region) and register the same under Geographical Indicators Act to preserve its distinctiveness as a symbol of Tamil culture...
Flower centres to bloom in 6 more towns
Times of India, Bangalore, India
The city's flower auction centre - the only one of its kind in Asia - is in expansion mode. The International Flower Auction Bangalore (IFAB) Limited, which auctions lakhs of flowers every day, is all set to expand its activities with the opening of six more centres ....for procuring, grading and auctioning flowers....
Farmers for Flower research center
The Hindu, Chennai, India
Farmers here have urged the Government to set up a flower research centre at Thovalai.
The total area under flower cultivation was 201 hectares. Thovalai in Kanyakumari district was noted for its traditional flower cultivation. Though the agro-climatic conditions prevailing in the hill range and plains of the district were suitable to cultivate cut flowers, commercial cultivation of these crops were not under taken in this district due to the lack of support from the Government.
Conventional flowers like jasmine, kanagambaram and others were cultivated in various parts of Thovalai. Besides local demand, these flowers have a high demand in Kerala also.
Ooty flower show opens today
Times of india, Ooty, Chennai, India
This year's Flower show at the Botanical Gardens will have indigenous and exotic flora of the district Adiantum Tinctum, Adiantum Cuneatum, Dodonaea Viscosa, Elaeagnus Conferta, Elaeocarpus Montane, to name a few.
They were among the 55 varieties..
Wild flower attracts tourists to Ooty
The Hindu, Ooty, Tamilnadu, India
...“It tested our patience but we did not mind the inconvenience thanks to the opportunity we got to see plants which are not seen in the plains,” they said and added that road side bushes with bright yellow flowers helped break the monotony of their journey.
The flowers called Citisis are now in full bloom not only along the Hobart road but also in various parts of the Nilgiris. Gregarious flowering of the of the wild plant can been seen on many of the hills in the middle part of the Blue Mountains...
Bangalore/Managloer Flower market to expand
mangalorean.com, Mangalore, Bangalore, India
The second largest flower market in the state-Mangalore has lost out on getting its own flower auction centre. Thanks to the disinterestedness of the city?s flower merchants and retail sellers. The International Flower Auction Bangalore (IFAB) Limited a joint stock company...
Flower auction centre plan for Hosur
The Hindu, Hosur, Chennai, India
An international flower auction centre is likely to come up in this major hub of floriculture.
The town now handles more than 35 per cent of the cut flowers traded in the country. Roses are cultivated on about 500 ha in the region. The region has more than 20 hi-tech floriculture units spread over 120 ha.
The plan is for an auction centre on the lines of the International Flower Auction Centre (IFAB) in Bangalore. IFAB gets a major chunk of the flowers handled by it from the Hosur region...
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