If you think the world of landscaping starts and ends with a carpet of Korean grass, think again. The wide assortment, diversity and scope of today’s landscaping will be showcased at the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens in a first-of-its-kind National Landscape Fest or the ‘Rashtriya Bhoo Drishya Mela’ from November 11 to 15.
Nearly 100 varieties of the horizontal green-spread will be showcased in stylised ways that can be used on any size of land, including balcony spaces or terraces. “In between our two flower shows, we wanted to take across an educative and informative display of green. Since Bengaluru is increasingly seeing an upsurge of concrete jungle, we thought it was time to look at landscaping for greening concrete spaces,” said M. Jagadeesh, Joint Director Horticulture, Parks & Gardens, Lalbagh, who has designed the show.
German concept
For example, ‘Allotment Gardening’, a concept brought over from Hannover in Germany by S.P. Sumangala, scientist, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, addresses aspects related to environmental security, targeted towards smart-city planners, builders and the BDA, for meticulous inclusion of green.
Leading landscapers, landscape architects, technology and inputs related to landscape trade will be part of the fest.
“Professionals from Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, apart from Karnataka, will participate. While the Glass House will exhibit 16 landscaping models, such as the Royal, Japanese, Italian, Persian, French, Temperate and the Bali styles, more will be categorised as beauty, ornamental, nutritional, medicinal, eco, organic urban and spiritual gardening,” said Mr. Jagadeesh.
The Glass House will exhibit 16 landscaping models such as Royal, Japanese, Italian, Persian, French and Bali styles
