Planting begins for second season in the Nilgiris

Despite the pandemic necessitating the cancellation of the summer festival season’s marquee event, the Horticulture Department has started preparing flower beds in the hope that tourists would be allo

Despite the pandemic necessitating the cancellation of the summer festival season’s marquee event, the Horticulture Department has started preparing flower beds in the hope that tourists would be allowed during the “second season” later this year. More than 2.2 lakh plants and 150 varieties of flowers will be planted for the second season, officials said. Dahlias, marigolds, begonias and other varieties of flowering plants will be grown at the garden over the next few months. The Horticulture Department had grown around 5 lakhs plants for the summer festival season, and the 124th annual flower show this year, which had to be cancelled due to the pandemic.