Indore: The Rose Festival will showcase 3,000 varieties of roses on January 31st and February 1st.

Madhya Pradesh: The annual Rose Festival, organized by the Malwa Rose Society, will be held on January 31 and February 1 at Gandhi Hall, showcasing approximately 3,000 varieties of roses along with other seasonal flowers.

The two-day event will feature a rose exhibition and an art competition based on roses for school students. The organizers said that this year’s exhibition will display hybrid tea, floribunda, polyantha, and miniature rose varieties in separate groups, along with a vibrant display of seasonal flowers. Attractive prizes will be awarded to the winners of the student competition.

Society patrons Dev Patodi and office bearers Brijesh Saraswat, Dr. Arun Sarraf, and Sunil Khandelwal informed that the festival will be open to the public free of charge from 4 PM to 10 PM on January 31 and from 10 AM to 9 PM on February 1.

Society members J.C. Sharma and Mayank Mishra said that the student competition will be held on January 31 from 9 AM to 11 AM in three groups: Classes 1-3, 4-6, and 7-9 and 10-12. A flower arrangement competition will also be held, with prizes for the winners.