Blossoming floral ties between the Netherlands and Sri Lanka
The scent of flowers wafted around the auditorium of Trace Expert City on April 25 as the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrated the floriculture industries of Sri Lanka and the Netherlands with ‘Sri Lanka – the Netherlands: Old Friends – new trends’. The event saw a floral competition, exhibition, workshop, and presentation.
“Sri Lanka and the Netherlands are long term partners with the Embassy of Netherlands facilitating multiple projects to transfer knowledge and technical know-how on improving Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector,” Netherlands ambassador Joanne Doornewaard said at the event.
The florists were given one and half hours to create floral arrangements with a set of tiger lilies, chrysanthemums and orchids, a mixture of Dutch and Sri Lankan flowers.