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More than 1 100 students from 25 schools joined the activity Jockey Club Mosaiculture Display by Students at Victoria Park today (February 27). Under the guidance of some 150 green volunteers, they worked together to help put up the spectacular mosaiculture display "Nature as Art".
The display is embellished with more than 30 000 colourful flowering plants of various species including myosotis, chrysanthemum, carnation, kalanchoe and more.
The display features different creatures to showcase the beauty of nature. The plant sculptures include an eagle, giraffes, deer, rabbits, horses and birds. The sea of theme flowers provides a colourful background for contrasts in the animal kingdom, such as the herd versus the loner, and the lively versus the sedate. The display will be exhibited in the coming Hong Kong Flower Show.
The flower show, one of events in the second batch of 10 Highlight Events under the "Appreciate Hong Kong" Campaign, will be held for 10 days from March 11 to 20 from 9am to 9pm daily in Victoria Park. It will feature "Blossoms in Vivid Art 2016" as the main theme and with the Antirrhinum majus as the theme flower.
In addition to this year's theme flower and other flowering plants, the event will showcase a rich profusion of exquisite potted plants, beautiful floral arrangements and gorgeous landscape displays by local, Mainland and overseas organisations. There will also be commercial stalls selling flowers, horticultural products and fast food. A rich diversity of educational and recreational fringe activities will also be organised for the enjoyment of visitors of all ages.
Admission tickets for the flower show are available for sale now until March 20 at the District Leisure Services Offices of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD). Tickets will also be sold at the entrance to the Victoria Park showground throughout the show period. Octopus can also be used to pay for admission.
Admission fees for the flower show are as follows:
Normal rate: $14
Concessionary rate: $7
- Children aged 4 to 14 and full-time students
- Senior citizens aged 60 or above
- Persons with disabilities and their minders (each person can enjoy the concessionary rate with one minder only)
Concessionary rate from Monday to Friday:
- Free admission for senior citizens aged 60 or above
- Free admission for persons with disabilities and their minders (each person can enjoy the concessionary rate with one minder only)
- A half-rate concession is offered to adults in groups of 30 or more entering the venue together
For enquiries, please call 2601 8260, fax 2691 7264 or visit the LCSD webpage www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/hkfs/2016/index.html.
The flower show is organised by the LCSD. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is supporting the flower show for the fourth consecutive year, and has been the Major Sponsor of the flower show since 2014.
Ends/Saturday, February 27, 2016
Issued at HKT 12:44
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