Sunitha V.J., a Kudumbashree member and Kattakada block panchayat member, is both excited and amused as she recounts how her orange and yellow marigolds that are in full bloom on a one-acre plot near her house at Kollode in Kattakada grama panchayat have become a backdrop for selfies and Save the Dates.
Sunitha had planted 2,000 hybrid saplings of marigolds by June end following a call by Kattakada MLA I.B. Satheesh to create the Onam ‘pookkalams’ (floral carpets) this year using flowers grown locally, rather than those brought from other States. The goal of self-sufficiency has been more than achieved for Sunitha is expecting a harvest of minimum 300 kg of flowers.
