The teddy bear made with 45,000 roses at the Yercaud Summer Festival and Flower show in Salem district on Friday.
| Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN
The 49th Yercaud Summer Festival and Flower Show began at Anna Park in Yercaud here on Friday (May 22). District Collector K. Elambahavath inaugurated the seven-day festival in the presence of Yercaud MLA P. Usharani, Salem West MLA G. Lakshmanan and Veerapandi MLA M. Rajasekar.Organised annually to promote tourism in the hill station, the festival will continue till May 28 with floral displays, cultural programmes, entertainment events and sports competitions. This year’s flower show has been designed around the theme of protecting agriculture and feeding the world. The horticulture department has created floral installations depicting integrated farming, including a farmer ploughing using bulls; cows with calves; goats, hens; rabbits; ducks; bees; and a farmhouse using 90,000 roses.Among the major attractions are a teddy bear made with 45,000 roses, fairy and Bharatanatyam dancer figures, and cartoon characters Pluto and Goofy created using roses. Floral models of a double heart, crescent moon, winged heart and deer have also been arranged.
