I consider "flourishing" a reduced clause( or a nonfinite clause), not a present participle.
General speaking, when you want to reduce a relative cluase, first remove S, then change
the verb to Ving. I just don't get why in this example "that flourished" can't be reduced to
"flourishing".
Here is another example.
Her brother that lived in U.S last year visited us this morning.
==> Her brother living in U.S last year visited us this morning. Any idea?
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