Archive · 6 Sep 2025
GKVK Flower Market Project Aims for National and International Trade
Imagine a big, fancy flower shop for Bangalore, but instead of selling to people, it sells to other businesses and even countries!
This new flower market is being built at GKVK.
It's a place for cut flowers and meant to help flower farmers.
Some people thought it was related to moving a different flower market, but it's not.
The project is supposed to be good for the environment, and the city is an important part of the global flower market.
The project is funded by the government, and will have good connections by road, rail and air.
The goal is to help flower farmers and expand the business.
A cut-flower market is being established at GKVK in Bengaluru.
The GKVK market is for national and international trade.
The project will not involve cutting down trees, potentially transplanting saplings only.
The project aims to support flower growers in Bengaluru and surrounding regions.
The GKVK project is separate from the relocation of the KR Market flower traders.
- Who
- South India Flower Association and related groups
- What
- Establishing a cut-flower market at GKVK
- When
- Not specified, but currently in development
- Where
- GKVK, Bengaluru
- Why
- To facilitate national and international cut-flower trade and support local farmers
- Location
- GKVK, Bengaluru
- Project Focus
- Cut-flower market
- Size
- 5 acres (initially), with another 5 acres requested
- Budget
- Rs100 crore (Rs25 crore released)
- Associations Involved
- South India Flower, Exotic Flower, Small Growers, Traders
- Support
- State government, horticulture department, agricultural university, APMC