Kathmandu. The 19th Godavari Flower Competition Exhibition will be held in Lalitpur from 12th Kartik.
Floriculture Association Nepal (FAN) held a press conference in Kathmandu on Tuesday and said that Godavari flower exhibition was organized as the 19th edition at Jawalakhel playground in Lalitpur from Kartik 12th to 16th, targeting Tihar and Chhath festivals. According to the organizer, there will be 86 stalls in the exhibition which is being organized with the aim of commercial production, expansion and promotion of Godavari flowers.
Similarly, Suman Maharjan, the vice president of Floriculture Association Nepal and fair coordinator, said that Godavari flowers produced by nurseries and firms will be competed in miniature, spider, reflex, incurve and cut flower categories in the exhibition. The organizer said that from this year, the category of ‘Best Floral Decoration’ has also been added to cut flowers. He said that the best nurseries and firms in various categories will be given shields, cash prizes and certificates.
Similarly, he informed that more than 450 types of flowers and plants will be kept in the fair, including various varieties of Godavari produced commercially and new varieties introduced this year.
Organizers estimate that more than 39,000 visitors will watch the exhibition and the turnover will be more than 13 million rupees. According to Floriculture Association Nepal, flower farming is currently being done in an area of more than 325 hectares across the country and the estimated investment in flower business is more than Rs 11.5 billion.