KUCHING: Members of the public, especially plant lovers are invited to Kuching North City Commission’s (DBKU) Landscape Nursery Plant Open Day at Jalan Depo, Petra Jaya near here on April 27.
The open day from 8am until 5pm is held to promote to the public the basis of ornamental plant management such as building seed-growing sites for landscape plants under DBKU’s jurisdiction.
According to a statement from DBKU, the event will include sales of seedlings, exhibition, colouring and drawing competitions, quiz, flower arrangement contest, lucky draws as well as plant management talk and workshop.
In addition, sales at the expo offer many types of seedlings with reasonable prices as Gawai Dayak and Hari Raya Aidilfitri are just around the corner.
Among the species of flowers on sale include outdoor plants such as periwinkle (vinca), crossandra (firecracker flower), marigold, malapodium, colues and dichondra (silver falls) while for indoors are aglaonema spp, dracaena spp and calathea spp.
“The sales also include a range of shrub plants and trees comprising bougainvillea, ruellia brittoniana (Mexican bluebell), yellow palm, loropetalum (fringe flower and tabernaemontana [crape jasmine]),” the statement said.
DBKU hopes the open day will give exposure to people about the basic management of ornamental plants, and provide opportunities for people to visit the nursery.
For more information, the public may contact its DBKU’s Landscape and Planning Unit at 082-512200 (ext 2254).
