Variety of flowers add charm to GNDU campus

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 7

As many as 72 varieties of flowers and 500 plants of roses in 25 colours add a colourful and fragrant charm to the Guru Nanak Dev University campus these days. With the lockdown underway and the campus minus the hustle bustle of the student life, the university is basking in natural beauty and serenity, which is a treat for eyes.

Some 500 acres of the GNDU land covered with floral bloom that reminds one of true poetical vision of noted writer and environmentalist Bhai Vir Singh.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu had initiated a project to plant 550 varieties of flowers in the botanical gardens of the university as a part of the commemorative celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. These varieties were especially brought from Bengaluru to mark the occasion.

The botanical garden also boasts of three species of honey bees, seven species of butterflies and about 150 species.

The green and colourful bounty of the campus has also invited some avian guests, including a large number of birds and peacocks. Specific winter flowers, including antirrhinum, pansy, petunia, verbena nasturtiums, poppy, marigolds, dahlias and sunflower, are spotted inside the campus.