Phuket plant fair starts next week

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Phuket plant fair starts next week

One sales exhibit at the 2007 Phuket Ornamental Plants & Flowers Fair, now in its 17th year. File photo.

PHUKET CITY: Green thumbs take note: the 17th Annual Ornamental Plants & Flowers Fair will take place at Saphan Hin from July 24 to August 2.

Somchai Hengwatcharaphaibul, chief of the Phuket Agriculture and Cooperatives Office, said he expects this year’s event to generate about 40 million baht in sales.

The fair will include exhibitions, displays, competitions in flower arrangement and the sale of agricultural products such as gardening equipment, decorations and fertilizer.

Already more than 130 producers have reserved spaces at the fair, a big increase over the 80 that took part in last year’s event.

Phuket Gazette


Flowers & Ornamental Plants Fair at Phuket

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Mae Jo Orchid Festival, Chiang Mai Thailand

The Rose Garden -- Thailand Orchid show

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Flower power for Phuket

A hanging orchid at the flower fair.

Carniverous plants can also be found at the flower fair

PHUKET: Flowers of all kinds and colors have temporarily taken root at Saphan Hin in Phuket for the 17th Annual Ornamental Plants & Flowers Fair Phuket, which began on Friday and runs until Sunday.

The flower fair’s covered market-stall area boasts more than 130 stalls of colorful flora and other ornamental items for gardens of any size.

Among the items on offer are orchids, ferns, fruit trees, decorative plant pots, hanging baskets and even a range of carnivorous plants.

Organizers Phuket Agriculture and Cooperatives Office estimate this year’s fair will generate about 40 million baht in sales. Now that’s flower power.

Phuket Gazette