Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will inaugurate the the much-anticipated Flower Show 2025 at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad on Friday. The show was postponed following the demise of former PM Manmohan Singh.
Originally, the show was set to commence from January 1.
Timings of Flower Show
General admission: 8.30 am to 9 pm
VIP slots: 9 am to 10 am and 10 pm to 11 pm
This year, ticket prices for Monday to Friday are ₹70 and ₹100 on weekends. For visitors under the age of 12, the entry is free.
Last year, tickets were priced at ₹50 for weekdays and ₹75 for weekends.
A new concept of VIP tickets has been introduced this time, with each ticket costing ₹500.
AMC has been organising the Flower Show every year since 2013.
In 2024, AMC spent around ₹11.44 crore on the flower show, while this year the cost has risen to ₹15 crore.
At the Flower Show 2025, unique structures in the shape of lotus, garba dancers, Olympic torch, peacock, and characters like Hulk, Doraemon, and Kung Fu Panda have been installed.
Special designs like Gandhiji’s three monkeys and a tribute sculpture titled ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ have also been installed.
The western side of the Sabarmati Riverfront will also host Night Flower Park where vibrant light structures have been installed in 4,500 sq m at a cost of 3 crore.
The Flower Show 2025 will also have a QR system for feedback from the visitors.
Tree census
AMC has given a contract for tree census to SAAR IT Resources Pvt Ltd.
The agency responsible for this task will be paid ₹8 per tree counted.
The tree counting will also be inaugurated by CM Patel on Friday.
The last tree census was conducted in 2012, when the city had 6,18,000 trees, and the green cover area was 4.66%.