After the Gresik Ornamental Plant Center was launched on March 30, 2021, on October 29th, 2022 the Gresik Regent returned to the Ornamental Plant Center to open the Ornamental Plant Festival and the Adenium and Sansivera Contest. The event was held on October 29-30, 2022 Director General of Horticulture Prihasto Setyanto, who had visited the ornamental plant area a few months ago, expressed his appreciation for the 52 ha area of floriculture in Gresik. "The potential of the flori area here is very good and even exceeds the flori area in Tomohon. This needs to be developed and promoted again," he said enthusiastically.
In line with the Dirjenhorti statement, the Regent of Gresik in his speech said that the Gresik Ornamental Plant Center has been able to improve the economy and empower the community. "To further strengthen this ornamental plant center, if necessary, every developer who builds a residential area must take his ornamental plants in this ornamental plant center. Agriculture must be independent and think ahead sustainably. We have to make changes in ways and better performance. The extraordinary things, including floriculture in Gresik, must be optimized. The President of the Republic of Indonesia some time ago inaugurated the mango-based Food Estate Gresik. Of course, for ornamental plants, I also hope so. It must be done on a wider scale. If necessary, an international scale," said the Regent. Secretary of the Directorate General of Horticulture Retno Sri Hartati Mulyandari who was present at the ornamental plant festival said that the Ornamental Plant Center developed was an independent Florikuktura Village that empowers the community.

By looking at the involvement of farmers who are quite large in the thousands, farmers/communities who build ornamental plant businesses can be developed into ornamental plant corporations. Meanwhile, the Regional Secretary of Gresik Regency, Ahmad Wasir, stated that there are 4 sub-districts in Gresik Regency that develop ornamental plants, namely Banyan Anom, Driyorejo, Peace, and Menganti by involving the wider community. The origin of this ornamental plant area is the creation of the community 17 years ago by using the yard to grow ornamental plants. Head of the Festival Organizing Committee and Head of the Agricultural Service, Eko Anindito stated that the Gresik Ornamental Plant Association has initiated an annual festival for branding Gresik as a tropical ornamental plant area involving no less than 2,000 ornamental plant farmers with at least 1,400 ornamental plant showrooms. In 2021, the average turnover per showroom will reach IDR 10 million. Precisely when the pandemic is the peak of ornamental plant turnover in Gresik. Sporadically, the export of ornamental plants from Gresik has been initiated by Customs Industry and Trade. The Gresik Agriculture Service hopes for more massive support and guidance from the Ministry of Agriculture.

Source: http://inijabar.com/2022/10/kawasan-florikultura-gresik-ungkit.html?page=3