Themed
‘The Magical World of Floria’, the Royal FLORIA Putrajaya 2016 is set to
serve up a new dimension to experience, mesmerizing visitors on an enchanted
journey that transcends the imagination, when the curtains are drawn to uncover
magical gardens and enchanted forests amidst mystical backdrops during the
upcoming school holidays beginning 27 May to June 4 2016 at Anjung Floria,
Precinct 4, Putrajaya.
Employing the latest state-of-the-art technologies from Europe,
the Royal FLORIA Putrajaya 2016 will incorporate captivating design concepts
into the Magical World of FLORIA, featuring an amazing experience through the
Magical Garden and Mystical Forest, Chrysanthemum Garden, Mermaid’s World and
Candy Courtyard. These innovative technologies will excite all five senses of
sight, sound, taste, smell, touch and enliven emotions during life imitating
odysseys via the hi-tech magic of “magic-mirroring” and 3D holographic
displays.
For 2016, the region’s largest flower and garden festival aptly
features the entrancing Chrysanthemum aka “Garden Mums” as the theme flower,
which will be generously displayed amidst specially designed garden settings to
indulge the visual palates of visitors. The event this year will also
feature new exhibit components to draw a larger crowd of visitors and foreign
tourists. These include the ‘Magic of Bonsai & Suiseki’, Terrarium
‘Tropical Magic in the Glass’ and the Musical Garden showcases.
The
9th Edition of the Royal FLORIA Flower and Garden Festival is organized by
Putrajaya Corporation (PPj) with the support of the Ministry of Federal
Territories, the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and Tourism
Malaysia. The festival is managed by PPj’s wholly owned subsidiary,
Putrajaya Floria Sdn Bhd (PFSB).
During the occasion to commemorate the soft launch of Royal
FLORIA Putrajaya 2016, the Deputy Minister of Federal Territories, YB Dato’ Dr.
Loga Bala Mohan said, ”FLORIA increases its level of professionalism and
credibility when its hosted the Royal FLORIA International Dialogue (RFID) to
act as a catalyst for an industry that caters to professional players in
landscaping, flowers and floral design, horticulture, floriculture and other
related fields. Accordingly, RFID holds the potential to be the platform
for the national flower and floral industry, becoming the center for cooperative
linkages and networking, imports and exports, and research and development
activities in all related industries.”
Participants
at the dialogue must take the opportunity to exchange ideas and gain exposure
to horticulture’s best practices as well to gain valuable insights from
international horticulture and floriculture experts.
Royal FLORIA Putrajaya has won the attention and attracted
record visitors every year with the participation of international participants
displaying their unique exhibits. The festival this year has gained the
participation of floral designers and landscape architects from China, Germany,
Macau, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand,
who will display their expertise with their unique creations and designs.
Participants are set to display indoor and outdoor garden
designs while providing visitors with better understanding of the creativity
and expertise that are incorporated in the designs from both local and
international design experts. Apart from being fascinated by impressive
indoor and outdoor garden designs, visitors will get the opportunity to absorb
the creativity and expertise of local and international landscape designers as
displayed in the outdoor garden designs from various government agencies,
corporate bodies, private sector, associations, universities, secondary and
primary schools. Ecuador and Korea are also expected to display flowers
that are unique attractions in their respective home countries with their
participation at the Embassy Row.
As in previous FLORIAs, this edition of the festival will
witness several awards up for grab. The awards include the Royal FLORIA
Putrajaya International Cup for winning designs among international
participants at the Floral Pavilion, the Royal FLORIA Putrajaya Garden Cup for
the overall winner of the outdoor display in the Garden Design competition and
a new category, Gardens of Malaysia that offers a cash award of
RM5,000.00 to the winner.
Other attractions in the pipeline at FLORIA Diraja Putrajaya
2016 are Chrysanthemum Garden, Royal Garden, Designer Garden, Tea Party
Garden, Cat Pavilion, Floral Pavilion as well as Garden Bazaar and Horticulture
Market which will be selling gardening needs and accessories and plants which
include ornamental plants, herbs and spices, fruiting plants, potted plants,
garden furniture, garden tools, biotechnology products and landscaping
services.
The
Royal FLORIA Putrajaya 2016 will also feature more than 300 daily activities
throughout its nine-day festival. These activities include floral design
demonstrations, gardening workshops, entertainment and variety shows,
photography competition, water-coloring competition and arts and crafts
exhibition.
FLORIA
Flavours is again expected be a major crowd attraction as a center offering a
wide variety of food selections under one roof. While FLORIA Flavors will
accommodate 36 stalls located in a more congenial location, the attraction is
also expected to feature 20 food trucks serving up a wide variety of
scrumptious food and flavorful drinks to visitors.
FLORIA Arts & Crafts, another well patronized component of
Royal FLORIA, is also slotted to attract visitors looking to feast their senses
on cultural shows, handicrafts demonstration and while there, bring back unique
and quality handicrafts souvenirs. At FLORIA Arts and Crafts, there are
expected to features 92 arts and handicraft entrepreneurs offering products
inspired from plant origins, landscaping and the natural environment.
To
facilitate the large crowd expected to throng the festival, tickets counters
will open two days prior to the opening of Royal FLORIA Putrajaya 2016, on 25
May 2016 from 9.00 am to 7.00 pm. Accordingly, visitors can purchase
tickets online via the website: www.floriaputrajaya.com.my.
Members of FOF (Friends of FLORIA) will be given a complimentary
privilege to visit Royal FLORIA one day prior to opening to the public.
Royal FLORIA Putrajaya will be open to the public from May
27th to June 4th, 2016 from 9:00 am - 10:30 pm (Monday to Thursday) and from
9:00 am to 12:00 midnight (Friday to Sunday).
Tickets are priced as detailed below:
MyKad Non-MyKad Magical
Gardens
Adult RM7.50
RM22.00
RM10.50
Children RM3.50 RM11.00 RM 5.50
Senior Citizens, OKU
*Price includes 6% GST
For more information, please visit the website: www.floriaputrajaya.com.my
-Putrajaya Floria Sdn Bhd
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