The Second National Horticulture Expo has begun at local Bhrikutimandap on Thursday, April 10. The exhibition will run till April 13. All preparations for the expo have been completed, according to the event organizer Nursery Association Nepal.
Rabin Kumar Gautam, the Expo coordinator and senior vice-president of the Association, said that an extensive exhibition of commercial nursery products as flowers, fruits, agricultural plants, forestry and herbs will be organized this year as an integrated mega fair in the entire nursery sector.
More than 700 species of plants grown by flower nurseries, fruit nurseries, agro-forestry nurseries and herbal nurseries from all over the country will be displayed and kept on sale in the expo. The Expo will also include stalls of fertilizers, organic and chemical pesticides, seeds, flower pots, tools and horticulture technology.
Association President Ramji Prasad Timilsina said that it would be easier to get information about the products from all over the country as there will be stalls and participation of nurseries from outside the Kathmandu Valley this time.
Timilsina said at least 51,000 visitors and financial transactions worth more than Rs 12.5 million are expected in the expo.
Source: Rising Kashmir