Hong Kong Flower Show Announces Competition Winners Amidst Vibrant Floral Displays and Family Activities.

Winners of Hong Kong Flower Show plant exhibit competition announced

The winners of the plant exhibit competition, one of the major activities of the Hong Kong Flower Show, were announced today (March 15). At the prize presentation ceremony, winners of the best exhibits in the Open Competition Section and the Jockey Club School Section were each presented with a Hong Kong Flower Show Award.

Mr Jason Yau won the Open Competition Section with a pot of exquisite bonsai, while students from SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School won the School Section with three pots of outstanding hanging basket plants.

The winner of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) Western Style Garden Plot Competition was Yuen Long District, while Tsuen Wan District won the LCSD Oriental Style Garden Plot Competition.

The flower show is being held at Victoria Park until March 23 from 9am to 9pm daily, featuring "Ablaze with Glory" as the theme and cosmos as the theme flower.

Some 400 000 flowers including about 40 000 cosmos are on display. More than 230 organisations have participated in the event. A diverse range of educational and recreational fringe activities are also offered for visitors of all ages.

The fun-filled family programmes being held on the park's central lawn include balloon-twisting, magic shows, bouncy slide, Jockey Club Community Green Playground, green activities workshops as well as the newly added busking performances. The indoor garden "A Giant Teapot in a Lilliputian World", a pop-up library, floral art demonstrations and music performances are also available at the floral marquee, where entries of the plant exhibit competition are being displayed.

Other programmes in the showground's main stage include talks as well as music and dance performances. There will also be floral art demonstrations by florists. For the schedule of the activities in the central lawn and the main stage, please refer to the webpage www.hkflowershow.hk/en/hkfs/2025/activities.html.

To support environmental protection, visitors are encouraged to bring their own water bottles and green shopping bags. The showground also has QR codes for downloading the location map and information on the theme flower and landscape displays.

For more details of the flower show and its admission fee arrangements, please visit the event webpage www.hkflowershow.hk/en/hkfs/2025/index.html or call the enquiry hotline at 2601 8260.

The flower show is organised by the LCSD. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has supported the Flower Show since 2013 and has been its major sponsor since 2014.

Winners of Hong Kong Flower Show plant exhibit competition announced Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Winners of Hong Kong Flower Show plant exhibit competition announced Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Winners of Hong Kong Flower Show plant exhibit competition announced Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Winners of Hong Kong Flower Show plant exhibit competition announced Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

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