26th Edition, 42 Stalls, 11 Workshops , 3 day event covering various aspects of gardening BMC includes trees, flowers and vegetables from 'G20' member countries.

BMC’s annual flower show based on G20 was inaugurated today by Additional Municipal Commissioner (Eastern Suburbs) Mrs. Ashwini Bhide. The 26th edition of the show witnessed a huge flow of Celebrities such as legendary actor Ranjit, Neil Nitin Mukesh , Ashmit Patel, Varsha Usgaonkar and many more. 

As a matter of immense pride that India is holding Presidency of the G20 nations and making this remarkable, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) annual flower show at Veer Mata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan And Zoo, also known as Byculla zoo, this year will feature floral arrangements of G20, where BMC will include trees, flowers and vegetables from 'G20' member countries. 

In its 26th year, the flower show, exhibition and educational worshops will be held from 3 February to February 5.

The exhibition was inaugurated by Additional Municipal Commissioner (Eastern Suburbs) Mrs. Ashwini Bhide, Deputy Commissioner (Parks) Shri. Kishore Gandhi,  along with garden experts and dignitaries from various fields will also grace the occasion. Several dignitaries are expected to attend the three day exhibition. 

The annual exhibition, will cover the workshops on various 11 topics related to the garden which are also being organized during the exhibition. Along with the exhibition, there will be 42 stalls for the sale of garden related items, said the Superintendent Chief of Garden, Mr.  Jitendra Pardeshi.  Every year, the annual garden exhibition presents various designs using leaf-flowers.  These designs also get spontaneous response from Mumbaikars and especially children.  This year's exhibition will feature designs from various cartoons including Peppa Pig Family, Masha and the Bear, Baloo Tweety and Sylvester.

BMC’s gardens department hosts a Flower Show and Exhibition at the zoo every year and since 2016, it has been designed around a central theme. In the first year, the theme was ‘Clean Mumbai’ and in 2017, the BMC erected attractive selfie points where cartoon characters were created using topiary. In 2018, the same was done for aquatic creatures. 

The exhibition will feature various species of shrubs, flowering plants, fruit-bearing trees, bonsai, exotic vegetables and spice shrubs. Visitors can also buy saplings, seeds, garden equipment at the exhibition. The first such flower show was organised by BMC on January 18, 1996.