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History
Floriculture Research Center of the University of Kelaniya was established in November 2015 at Henerathgoda Botanical Garden, Gampaha and the project was funded by District Development Fund of Gampaha District Secretariat.
The project was implemented with the view of addressing the issues pertaining to the current floriculture industry of the country, which have been identified during several stake holder meetings held with the officials of Ministry of Economic Development, Gampaha District Secretariat, Export Development Board, Department of Botanical gardens, other relevant organizations and plant growers.
Objectives
The objective of the project was to uplift the floricultural industry of Gampaha District by empowering growers through providing training on modern techniques of plant propagation, supplying high quality plant materials in wide range of plant varieties, advising on nursery management practices, disease diagnosis and conducting related researches to develop and establish new cultivars with unique characteristics with high consumer demand and to obtain the authorship (patent) to Sri Lanka as the country of origin. This will transform the Gampaha District floricultural industry to the international level by being able to meet the international quality standards of the export produces
