Shillong, March 29: Annual Army Station Garden Competition & Flower Show 2014 was held at Shillong from 25 to 29 Mar 14. The first such competition was conducted in the year 1989 and since then it is an Annual event.
The competition was held in three parts – Gardens, Potted plants and Flower arrangements and there was an overwhelming response from Officers, JCOs and other ranks including families and children The competition commenced on 25th Mar 14 with judging of all residences of Officers, JCOs and other ranks. . The competition was judged by eminent Horticulturists from Shillong Agri-Horticultural Society led by Mr V Singhania and Mrs S Dkhar. Simultaneously two sets of judges visited the Regimental Officers Messes, Offices, Guest Rooms, Holiday Homes and Institutes.
Potted Plant competition was held on 28th Mar 14 where approximately 450 potted plant entries under 17 different categories were judged at the Rhino Training Complex. On 29th Mar 14 Flower arrangement competition in respect of fresh, dry and ikebana styles were held. The culmination of the event was the Prize distribution ceremony in the Rhino Training Complex where the Chief Guest was Lt Gen RS Panwar, SM, VSM, GOC 101 Area accompanied by President Regional AWWA. A number of cultural programmes by Assam Regimental Centre and 58 Gorkha Training Centre were held during the event, which was followed by prize distribution to the winners and band display by the Band of Centres. This was stated by Defence PRO Group Captain Amit Mahajan in a press release.(SP News)
