The 9^th Ghana Garden and Flower Show, which started in 2013 to promote the importance of gardening and flora for cities and towns beautification as well as wealth creation, has successfully drawn the curtains.

 The five-day long show, titled “Nine years of green living” was hosted by Strategic Communications Africa Limited (Stratcomm Africa) in Accra.

The show incorporated education and network activities such as the Ghana Garden and Flower conference, nurture to bloom— a discussion on women nurturing men, Israeli Green Innovation Competition, children’s workshops as well as fun activities, such as movie night, music night, karaoke night amongst a host of several other activities.

Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Communications Africa Limited (Stratcomm Africa) Madam Esther Cobbah thanked sponsors and partners of the Show, as well as exhibitors, for their immense contributions in bringing the Show thus far.

She said: “the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement has successfully driven the agenda of promoting a Greener, Cleaner, Healthier, Wealthier and more Beautiful Ghana in the past nine years and expects to reach greater heights in the years ahead.”

She added that next year will mark a decade of the Show and looked forward to the whole nation rallying together for the realization of the benefits available from Ghana’s flora and fauna.

Special Guest of Honor and representative of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Ms. Sandra Thompson, Secretary to the Bank of Ghana, commended Stratcomm Africa and, particularly, it’s Chief Executive, for their hard work in organizing a successful event in the midst of the pandemic.

According to her, there was a clearly vibrant atmosphere at the Show which she saw as “a great avenue that helps to promote locally made and home-grown products, thereby creating and maintaining sustainability”.

 She further indicated that the Bank of Ghana is very interested in the green agenda and has published banking principles to encourage sustainability. She urged the organizers to consider organizing such Shows throughout the country, culminating in the annual Show.

Mr. Kwamina Asomaning, Managing Director of Stanbic Bank, lead sponsor of the Ghana Garden and Flower Show, said the bank is excited about the partnership with the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement. He said, “being green is part and parcel of what we do, and one of the antidotes of global warming is to go green and be more sustainable.” He thus called on other banks to join in supporting the Movement’s initiatives.

Chairperson of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), Madam Josephine Nkrumah, for her part called on Ghanaians to recognize that the Constitution, in the Directive Principles of State Policy, makes it the duty of all Ghanaians to protect and safeguard the environment.