Bonsai Technology Has Scope In Nepal: Envoy Hiraoka

KATHMANDU, April 16: Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka inaugurated the first National Bonsai Exhibition held at the Radisson Hotel, Lajimpat today with the view of imparting direct information to the people about bonsai technology and plants used for decoration purposes.
Some 90 plants of rare species have been kept on display at the three-day exhibition that aims at wide dissemination on how plants are grown and conserved in flower-pots through Bonsai technology.
Mentioning that the decoration of flowers using Bonsai technology is popular in Japan, Ambassador Hiraoka requested the concerned Nepalese entrepreneurs to adopt the technology as it has good scope in a country like Nepal that was lavish with natural beauty.
Chairman of Nepal Bonsai and Conservation Society (NEBCOS), the organising body, Bijaya Lal Shrestha said that floriculture entrepreneurs could play a vital role in the development and dissemination of Bonsai technology.
Chairman of the Floriculture Association of Nepal Minarba Bista and secretary of the society Surendra Lal Shrestha stressed on the importance of Bonsai technology in poverty reduction, environment conservation, natural decoration and protection of plant species that are on the verge of extinction.
Hundreds of people including environment experts, botanists, nursery operators and individuals with interest in decorative plants and floriculture, participated in the programme.