WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1985
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URBCO FLOWER SHOW SET TO BLOSSOM ******
VISITORS TO THE URBAN COUNCIL FLOWER SHOW, WHICH OPENS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AN ARRAY OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS SPECIALLY FLOWN IN FROM AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, HOLLAND, HAWAII, THAILAND AND SINGAPORE.
THE SPECIES RANGE FROM RARE AND EXPENSIVE ORCHIDS TO MORE COMMONPLACE BUT EQUALLY ATTRACTIVE VARIETIES OF FLOWERS.
IN ADDITION, A LARGE COLLECTION OF ROSES OF RED, PINK, WHITE BLUE AND YELLOW COLOUR FROM AUSTRALIA WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY SIDE BY SIDE WITH A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF HIGH QUALITY BONSAI PLANT.
ANOTHER ATTRACTION WILL BE A GALLERY DEPICTING PICTURES OF NATIONAL OR REPRESENTATIVE FLOWERS OF SOME 20 COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE FLOWER SHOW, THE 18TH TO BE ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, WILL BE HELD AT THE MEMORIAL GARDEN AND THE EXHIBITION HALL OF THE CITY HALL.
PUBLIC FROM 3 P.M. TO
IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE 6.30 P.M. ON THE FIRST DAY, FROM 9.30 A.M. TO 6.30 P.M. ON SATURDAY AND FROM 9.30 P.M. TO 5.45 P.M. ON SUNDAY. ADMISSION WILL BE $3 FOR AN ADULT AND $1 FOR A CHILD.
THIS YEAR, A RECORD NUMBER OF 1 423 EXHIBITS FROM 501 INDIVIDUALS WILL TAKE PART IN THE 13 COMPETITIVE SECTIONS COVERING CUT FLOWERS, SCENTED CUT FLOWERS, ORCHIDS, AFRICAN VIOLETS, POT PLANTS, BONSAI TYPE PLANTS, FLORAL ARRANGEMENT, FLORAL ART BY CHILDREN, USD GARDEN COMPÉTITION AND SCHOOL GARDEN COMPETITION.
A NEW FEATURE THIS YEAR WILL BE THE SPLITTING OF THE FLORAL ARRANGEMENT SECTION INTO WESTERN AND ORIENTAL STYLES, AND THE INCLUSION OF A MINIATURE BONSAI+ CLASS IN THE BONSAI TYPE PLANTS SECTION.
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC, THERE WILL BE 24 COMMERCIAL STALLS AT THE SHOW SELLING A WIDE RANGE OF FLOWERS, PLANTS AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/ PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING AND THE PRIZE GIVING CEREMONIES OF THE FLOWER SHOW WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 2.30 P.M. AND 5.30 P.. RESPECTIVELY ON FRIDAY AT THE CITY HALL
MEMORIAL GARDEN.