Winners of Hong Kong Flower Show plant exhibit competition announced (with photos)
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The winners of the plant exhibit competition, one of the major activities of the Hong Kong Flower Show, were announced today (March 16). At the prize presentation ceremony, winners of the best exhibits in the Open Competition Section and the Jockey Club School Section were each presented with a Hong Kong Flower Show Award.
Mr Luo Shih-hsien won the Open Competition Section with a pot of exquisite orchids, while students from Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College won the School Section with three pots of outstanding succulent plants.
The winner of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) Western Style Garden Plot Competition was Wan Chai District, while Kwai Tsing District won the LCSD Oriental Style Garden Plot Competition.
The flower show is being held at Victoria Park until March 24 from 9am to 9pm daily, featuring “Floral Joy Around Town” as the main theme and angelonia as the theme flower.
Some 420 000 flowers including about 40 000 angelonias are on display. More than 220 organisations have participated in the event. A diverse range of educational and recreational fringe activities are also offered for visitors of all ages.
To support environmental protection, visitors are encouraged to bring their own water bottles and green shopping bags. The showground also has QR codes for downloading the location map and information on the theme flower and landscape displays.
For more details of the flower show and its admission fee arrangements, please visit the event webpage www.hkflowershow.hk/en/hkfs/2024/index.html or call the enquiry hotline at 2601 8260.
The flower show is organised by the LCSD. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is supporting the flower show for the 12th consecutive year and has been its major sponsor since 2014.
