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In 2019, Shivraj Nishad from Shekhpur village in Kanpur left his job to start a small-scale business cultivating, harvesting, and dehydrating local flowers such as butterfly pea, rose, hibiscus, marigold, tulsi, jasmine, and chamomile. Utilising solar dryers, he expanded his venture, employing over 100 farmers and offering 15 varieties of dried flowers.

The homemakers also get orders from countries like Australia and Canada where their gulkand, dried rose petals, and rosebuds are popular.

Prominent chefs across India have taken to using what nature has in plenty–flowers! Not only are they beautiful, they also pack a nutritious punch!

The flowers at the Mughal Gardens have been named after famed personalities like Queen Elizabeth, French fashion designer Christian Dior, and presidents from across the globe.