Young entrepreneur's radiant display of Tulips grabs eyeballs

Hyderabad: The spring season signifies the blooming of tulips, brightly coloured flowers with upright cup shaped tulips in radiant hues. The natural elegance and breath-taking scenic beauty it provides, tulips are still European by nativity. Still, nature lovers were left mesmerised and awe-struck at the one-of-a-kind Tulip Festival at the Park View Enclave in Hyderabad.

Tulip by itself provides a wholesome feast for the eyes. Imagine seeing an experiential installation of 10, 000 tulips in one go. Thanks to the creative spark of Chitra Das Lagadapati and Champs Fleur, the floral boutique that she found two years back, Tulip Festival provided a multi-hued razzmatazz of fresh flowers.

"This festival is reminiscent of the lush tulip fields with Champs Fleur's take on tulip fields, made into a picturesque garden, which brings about a wonderful blend of tulips and some locally grown varieties," says Chitra Das, a Commerce graduate from University of Sydney. She says that her love for flowers, and horticulture by extension, became ingrained when she used to assist her mother in nurturing a multitude of plant varieties in the latter's garden.

The love for gardening and deep-rooted connection with flora was fostered right from her childhood. Today, that passion has given birth to Champs Fleur, the country's first end-to-end preserved floral boutique that specialises in offering flawless long-lasting roses.

To the uninitiated, long lasting flowers are real flowers that last for one year without any maintenance or watering. The flowers are picked when they are at their peak bloom. All the flowers are organic and ethically sourced from around the world. They are bio-degradable and completely natural, she says.

Socialites Padma Rajagopal, Padmaja Reddy, Manjula Reddy, Jyotsna, Rama, Swapna, Kamini Saraf, Sona Chatwani, Shilpa Datla, Anam Mirza, Mallika Reddy, Actress Niharika Konidela were bowled over by the attractive spectacle that was on offer. They felt that the show would remain itched in their memory. It was grandiosity and enchantment of the highest order, was the reaction of those who made it to the unique show and were enlightened by the history and beauty of the heritage festival. An encore was what they sought.