Ooty Rose Garden Turns into Birds Paradise
The GRG management also provided QR code in front of the replicas of different birds to help the tourists/visitors to hear the songs / chirpings of the birds.
Ooty: Giant replicas of different birds fashioned out of 2 lakh roses in different colours fascinate tourists and other visitors as the five-day annual rose show, into its 21st edition this summer, got off to a colourful and fragrant start on Thursday morning at the Government Rose Garden (GRG) here.
While uncertainty was looming large on holding of the rose show, a summer feature here, due to the delay in government formation, things began to change fast since Monday morning as the horticulture department and the Nilgiris district administration got the necessary nod to hold the annual rose show from Thursday, making it a five-day affair this summer.
Though little time was available to make the show grand and vivid, the horticulture officials proved their mettle and grit as the rose show arrangements and exhibition of models fashioned out of roses turned out to be grand, magnificent and eye-catching.
The grand display of giant replicas of avian wonders such as swans, hornbill and hummingbirds turned GRG to be the ‘paradise of birds’ matching strides with the theme of this year’s rose show, ‘Birds Paradise’, at the rose garden.
The cynosure of all eyes in the show are the giant swans sculptured out of 70,000 roses and the giant hornbill which was fashioned by using thousands of roses in different colours.
The other avian replicas made out of colourful roses include Malabar Dragon bird, hummingbird, Indian skimmer, Indian paradise flycatcher, bar-headed goose, eagle, besides replicas of Angry Bird and Tweety bird to amuse the kids.
The GRG management also provided QR code in front of the replicas of different birds to help the tourists/visitors to hear the songs / chirpings of the birds. This showed their meticulous thinking not only to showcase the wealth of avian wonders in the Nilgiris as well as in other parts of the country but also to tune in the minds of the tourists and other visitors to the show towards avian conservation.
Added to these are the bloom of roses in nearly 4,300 varieties in 32,800 rose plants at the spectacular and the sprawling GRG which undoubtedly greets the visitors to the garden to enjoy the wonders of roses and Nature.
Kishore, a tourist from Bengaluru, said the rose show in GRG was one of the most enjoyable shows as the display of models of birds exhibited the exemplary craftsmanship of those who sculptured them to perfection with alluring roses and the colours.
This kind of show will help the upcoming generation as well as the children learn lessons on how bountiful Nature is and how good it will be if anybody takes to cultivating rose in the house yards to add hues and aroma to the spaces around residential as well as commercial spaces, he added.
