Flower experiences
201 things to do with flowers around the world, city by city: bloom seasons, flower markets, gardens, routes and workshops, each with the months to go. Think of it as a food tour, for flowers.
Presented by ClearTrust Free for gardeners, florists, travellers and the curious.
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Argentina
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires · All yearThe wholesale flower market of Buenos AiresThe city's growers' flower market, now in Barracas, where florists buy in the small hours.
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires · Mar to DecThe Rosedal in the Palermo woodsA lakeside rose garden of thousands of bushes, with a white bridge and pergola, in the largest park of Buenos Aires.
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires · NovemberJacaranda month in Buenos AiresIn November thousands of jacarandas flower along the avenues and plazas of Buenos Aires and carpet the pavements in violet.
Australia
🇦🇺 Canberra · Sep to OctFloriade in CanberraAustralia's big spring bulb show, a month of tulips and annuals in a lakeside park.
🇦🇺 Grafton · Oct to NovGrafton Jacaranda FestivalA river town in New South Wales whose avenues of jacarandas flower for a long-running festival.
🇦🇺 Launceston · Jan to DecTasmanian lavender and tulip farmsTwo farm seasons in northern Tasmania: tulips on a sea cliff in spring, lavender in midsummer.
🇦🇺 Melbourne · All yearRoyal Botanic Gardens MelbourneA landscaped garden of lakes, lawns and long views on the south bank of the Yarra.
🇦🇺 Perth · Jul to OctWildflower country north of PerthA spring road trip through the wheatbelt and coast of Western Australia, among carpets of everlastings.
🇦🇺 Perth · Aug to NovKings Park and the Western Australian Botanic GardenA bushland park above Perth with a botanic garden devoted to the flora of Western Australia.
🇦🇺 Sydney · All yearSydney Flower Market at dawnThe wholesale flower hall at Sydney Markets in Flemington, open to the public in the early hours.
🇦🇺 Sydney · All yearRoyal Botanic Garden SydneyA harbourside garden founded in 1816, beside the Opera House, with native and exotic collections.
Belgium
🇧🇪 Brussels · AugustThe Flower Carpet on the Grand-PlaceEvery second August, volunteers lay a carpet of begonia flowers across the paving of the main square of Brussels.
🇧🇪 Halle · AprilThe blue forest of HallerbosA beech forest south of Brussels whose floor turns violet blue with wild bluebells for about two weeks in April.Brazil
🇧🇷 Curitiba · All yearThe glasshouse and parterres of Curitiba's botanical gardenThe postcard view of Curitiba: a white metal and glass greenhouse above French-style flower beds and fountains.
🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro · All yearThe Jardim Botânico of Rio de JaneiroA botanic garden founded in 1808 at the foot of Corcovado, with an avenue of royal palms, an orchid house and giant waterlilies.
🇧🇷 São Paulo · All yearThe CEAGESP flower fair in São PauloTwice a week before dawn, a hall of São Paulo's giant wholesale market fills with flowers and plants from across the state.
🇧🇷 Brasília · Jun to SepThe ipê trees of Brasília in the dry seasonIn the dry months, leafless ipê trees across Brasília flower in turn: pink and purple, then yellow, then white.
🇧🇷 Holambra · Aug to SepHolambra, Brazil's flower town, and its ExpofloraA small town founded by Dutch settlers that grows a large share of Brazil's flowers and holds a big flower fair each spring.
Canada
🇨🇦 Montreal · May to OctThe Montreal Botanical GardenOne of the world's large botanic gardens, with Chinese and Japanese gardens, a lilac collection and long rose beds.
🇨🇦 Victoria · Mar to OctThe Butchart Gardens near VictoriaA worked-out limestone quarry on Vancouver Island that one family turned into a sunken garden of bedding and bulbs.
🇨🇦 Ottawa · MayThe Canadian Tulip Festival in OttawaHundreds of thousands of tulips flower beside Dow's Lake each May, a tradition that began with a gift from the Dutch.Chile
🇨🇱 Vallenar · Sep to OctThe flowering desert of the AtacamaIn some years, after rare winter rain, the southern Atacama desert in Chile is covered with flowers for a few weeks.
🇨🇱 Coyhaique · Jan to DecLupins along the roads of Chilean PatagoniaIn the southern summer, pink, purple and blue lupins line the gravel roads and riverbanks of Aysén.
China
🇨🇳 Kunming · All yearDounan flower marketChina's largest cut-flower market, where much of the trade happens in the evening.
🇨🇳 Suzhou · Mar to OctClassical gardens of SuzhouScholar gardens of rock, water and pavilions, where each season has its chosen flower.
🇨🇳 Luoping · Feb to MarLuoping canola flower seaYellow rapeseed fields stretching between small limestone hills in eastern Yunnan.
🇨🇳 Luoyang · Apr to MayLuoyang peony seasonThe old capital of Luoyang fills its parks with tree peonies every April.Colombia
🇨🇴 Bogotá · All yearThe dawn flower market at PaloquemaoAt first light, growers from the Bogotá savanna fill the forecourt of Paloquemao market with roses, lilies and sunflowers.
🇨🇴 Bogotá · All yearVisiting a flower farm on the Bogotá savannaA day trip to the greenhouse farms outside Bogotá, to see how export roses and carnations are grown, cut and packed.
🇨🇴 Medellín · All yearMaking a silleta with a grower family in Santa ElenaSpend half a day on a small flower farm above Medellín, hear the family's story and build a small silleta yourself.
🇨🇴 Medellín · All yearThe Orquideorama at Medellín's botanical gardenA city garden with free entry, known for a tall honeycomb canopy of wood and steel that shelters its orchid displays.
🇨🇴 Medellín · AugustThe silleteros parade at Medellín's Feria de las FloresEach August, flower growers from the hills carry huge arrangements on their backs through the streets of Medellín.
Ecuador
🇪🇨 Cayambe · All yearThe rose farms of CayambeA valley on the equator north of Quito where roses grow slowly at altitude into very long stems with large heads.
🇪🇨 Cuenca · All yearThe flower square of CuencaA small daily flower market under white umbrellas, set against a colonial church in the historic centre of Cuenca.
🇪🇨 Quito · All yearOrchid houses of the Quito Botanical GardenA compact garden in La Carolina park that walks you through Ecuador's ecosystems and into two houses full of orchids.
France
🇫🇷 Giverny · Apr to OctMonet's garden and water lily pond at GivernyThe flower garden and lily pond that Claude Monet made in Normandy and painted for the last decades of his life.
🇫🇷 Grasse · All yearBlending your own perfume in GrasseA workshop at one of Grasse's old perfume houses, in the hill town where jasmine and rose are still grown for scent.
🇫🇷 Nice · All yearThe flower market on the Cours SaleyaStriped awnings in Nice's old town sheltering stalls of Riviera cut flowers beside fruit, olives and socca.
🇫🇷 Paris · All yearThe flower market on the Île de la CitéGreen iron pavilions of plants and flowers on the island at the centre of Paris, a short walk from Notre-Dame.
🇫🇷 Villandry · Apr to OctThe Renaissance gardens of VillandryA Loire château whose terraces hold clipped box parterres filled with flowers and an ornamental kitchen garden.
🇫🇷 Gordes · Jun to JulThe lavender field at Sénanque AbbeyA twelfth-century Cistercian abbey in a narrow valley near Gordes, with a field of lavender in front of its grey stone.
🇫🇷 Paris · May to SepThe rose garden of BagatelleA park in the Bois de Boulogne with about ten thousand rose bushes and a yearly international contest for new roses.
🇫🇷 Sault · Jul to AugThe lavender roads around SaultA drive through the high lavender country below Mont Ventoux, where true lavender flowers later than on the plains.
🇫🇷 Valensole · Jun to JulLavender rows on the Valensole plateauA high, open plateau in Provence planted with lavandin, purple from mid June until the harvest in July.Germany
🇩🇪 Konstanz · Mar to OctMainau, the flower island of Lake ConstanceA small island reached by a footbridge, planted as one large garden with a flower calendar from tulips to dahlias.
🇩🇪 Munich · All yearFlower stalls of the ViktualienmarktMunich's daily open-air food market, with a section of florists selling seasonal bunches, wreaths and dried flowers.
🇩🇪 Bonn · AprilThe cherry blossom street in Bonn's old townNarrow residential streets in Bonn where Japanese cherry trees meet overhead in a pink tunnel for about two weeks in April.
India
🇮🇳 Bengaluru · All yearKR Market flower hallBengaluru's old city market, where the flower floor is best seen from the stairs above.
🇮🇳 Bengaluru · All yearLalbagh and its Glass House flower showsBengaluru's historic botanical garden, with big flower shows around Republic Day and Independence Day.
🇮🇳 Chennai · All yearKoyambedu wholesale flower marketThe flower block of Chennai's vast Koyambedu wholesale complex, busiest before sunrise.
🇮🇳 Delhi · All yearGhazipur phool mandiDelhi's wholesale flower market in the east of the city, where the capital's bouquets and garlands begin.
🇮🇳 Kolkata · All yearMullick Ghat flower market under Howrah BridgeA crowded riverside flower market on the Hooghly, in the shadow of Howrah Bridge.
🇮🇳 Madurai · All yearMadurai malli at the Mattuthavani flower marketThe wholesale market that sets the daily price of Madurai malli, the jasmine the city is famous for.
🇮🇳 Mumbai · All yearDadar flower market at dawnMumbai's wholesale flower market beside Dadar station, at its busiest before the city has had breakfast.
🇮🇳 Munnar · Aug to OctNeelakurinji bloom in the hills of MunnarA shrub that turns the high grasslands of Kerala blue once every twelve years. The next mass bloom is expected in 2030.
🇮🇳 Nagercoil · All yearThovalai flower marketA village flower market near the southern tip of India that supplies Kerala, above all at Onam.
🇮🇳 Ooty · Mar to OctOoty Botanical Garden and its May flower showA terraced hill-station garden in the Nilgiris, known for its annual summer flower show.
🇮🇳 Pampore · Oct to NovSaffron harvest in PamporeFor a few weeks each autumn the fields south of Srinagar turn purple with saffron crocus.
🇮🇳 Satara · Aug to OctKaas plateau in flowerA rocky plateau in the Western Ghats that is carpeted with tiny wildflowers after the monsoon.
🇮🇳 Srinagar · Apr to OctThe Mughal gardens of SrinagarTerraced seventeenth-century gardens above Dal Lake, with water channels, chinar trees and flower beds.
🇮🇳 Chamoli · Jul to SepValley of Flowers trekA high Himalayan valley in Uttarakhand that fills with alpine flowers during the monsoon.
🇮🇳 Chandigarh · Jan to DecZakir Hussain Rose GardenChandigarh's large rose garden, with a Rose Festival each February.
🇮🇳 Darjeeling · Apr to MaySandakphu rhododendron trekA ridge walk along the India and Nepal border through rhododendron and magnolia forest in spring.
🇮🇳 Kannauj · Feb to AprAttar distilling in KannaujAn old perfume town on the Ganges where roses and other flowers are distilled in copper pots.
🇮🇳 Kochi · Aug to SepMake a pookalam at OnamFor the ten days of Onam, Kerala lays flower carpets at its doorsteps. Visitors can join in.
🇮🇳 Kohima · Jun to JulDzukou valley in the monsoonA day-long hike to a green valley on the Nagaland and Manipur border, home of the Dzukou lily.
🇮🇳 Lachung · Apr to JunYumthang valley rhododendronsA high valley in north Sikkim where many kinds of rhododendron flower in late spring.
🇮🇳 New Delhi · Feb to MarAmrit Udyan at Rashtrapati BhavanThe formal gardens of India's presidential palace, opened to the public each year in late winter.
🇮🇳 Shillong · NovemberAutumn cherry blossom in ShillongWild Himalayan cherry trees turn the hill capital of Meghalaya pink in November.
🇮🇳 Srinagar · Mar to AprTulip garden of SrinagarA hillside of tulips above Dal Lake, open for only a few weeks each spring.
🇮🇳 Ukhrul · May to JunShirui lily on Shirui hillA rare pink-white lily that grows wild only on one hill range in Manipur.Indonesia
Iran
Israel
🇮🇱 Haifa · All yearBaha'i Gardens of HaifaNineteen formal terraces that step down Mount Carmel around the golden-domed Shrine of the Bab.
🇮🇱 Netivot · Jan to FebDarom Adom, red anemones of the northern NegevAfter the winter rain, fields and woods on the edge of the Negev turn red with wild anemones.Italy
🇮🇹 Rome · All yearMorning flower stalls on Campo de' FioriA daily market square in central Rome whose name means field of flowers, with flower sellers at one end.
🇮🇹 Stresa · Mar to OctThe terraced garden of Isola BellaA Baroque palace garden on a small island in Lake Maggiore, built up in ten terraces like the stern of a ship.
🇮🇹 Castelluccio di Norcia · May to JulThe flowering of the Castelluccio plainA high plain in the Sibillini mountains where lentil fields and their wild flowers colour the ground in bands from late May.
🇮🇹 Kastelruth · Jun to JulAlpine meadows in flower on the Seiser AlmA vast high pasture in the Dolomites, full of gentians, orchids and globeflowers before the hay is cut in July.
🇮🇹 Pienza · Jun to JulSunflower fields of the Val d'OrciaRolling Tuscan farmland south of Siena where sunflower fields open from late June between wheat, cypress and clay hills.Japan
🇯🇵 Hitachinaka · Apr to OctNemophila hill at Hitachi Seaside ParkA hill by the Pacific covered in small sky-blue flowers in spring and red kochia bushes in autumn.
🇯🇵 Kanazawa · All yearKenroku-enOne of Japan's most celebrated landscape gardens, with something in flower in almost every season.
🇯🇵 Kyoto · All yearAn ikebana lesson in KyotoLearn the basics of Japanese flower arranging in the city where the art took shape.
🇯🇵 Tokyo · Feb to NovShinjuku Gyoen through the seasonsA large former imperial garden in central Tokyo with a long cherry season and an autumn chrysanthemum show.
🇯🇵 Tokyo · All yearOta Market flower auctionJapan's biggest wholesale flower market, where early risers can watch the auction from a gallery.
🇯🇵 Ashikaga · Apr to MayWisteria at Ashikaga Flower ParkVast old wisteria vines trained over trellises, with flower trails hanging to head height.
🇯🇵 Biei · Jun to SepBiei flower fields and the Patchwork RoadA cycling and driving circuit through rolling farmland and striped flower hills north of Furano.
🇯🇵 Furano · Jun to AugLavender fields of FuranoHillside lavender farms in central Hokkaido, at their purple best in July.
🇯🇵 Hirosaki · Apr to MayHirosaki Castle cherry blossomA northern castle park with thousands of cherry trees and moats that turn pink with fallen petals.
🇯🇵 Kamakura · JuneHydrangea temples of KamakuraIn the rainy season, temple paths in Kamakura are lined with blue and violet hydrangeas.
🇯🇵 Kyoto · Mar to AprPhilosopher's Path in cherry seasonA canal-side walk of about two kilometres in eastern Kyoto, lined with cherry trees.
🇯🇵 Tokyo · Mar to AprCherry blossom season in TokyoAbout a week of pale pink along moats, rivers and parks, and the picnics that go with it.
Kenya
Mexico
🇲🇽 Atlixco · OctoberCempasúchil fields around AtlixcoFields of orange Mexican marigold below the Popocatépetl volcano, grown for the Day of the Dead and cut in late October.
🇲🇽 Mexico City · All yearThe plant markets and flower farms of XochimilcoThe canal district in the south of Mexico City whose name means place of the flower fields, and which still grows them.
🇲🇽 Mexico City · All yearMercado de Jamaica, Mexico City's flower marketA huge covered market open day and night, with more than a thousand stalls of cut flowers and finished arrangements.
🇲🇽 Oaxaca · Oct to NovBuilding a Day of the Dead altar in OaxacaBuy marigolds at the market and help dress an ofrenda, the home altar that welcomes the dead in early November.
🇲🇽 Mexico City · Mar to AprJacaranda season in Mexico CityFrom late February into April, jacaranda trees turn the avenues and parks of Mexico City violet.Morocco
Nepal
🇳🇵 Kathmandu · Oct to NovTihar garland markets of KathmanduFor the five days of Tihar, the old bazaars of Kathmandu are hung with marigold and amaranth garlands.
🇳🇵 Pokhara · Mar to AprGhorepani rhododendron forest trekA short Annapurna trek through forests of Nepal's national flower, the red tree rhododendron.Netherlands
🇳🇱 Aalsmeer · All yearWatching the Aalsmeer flower auction at dawnThe world's largest flower auction, seen from a gallery above a hall of moving carts near Schiphol airport.
🇳🇱 Amsterdam · All yearThe floating Bloemenmarkt on the SingelA row of flower stalls built on barges along Amsterdam's Singel canal, selling bulbs, seeds and cut tulips.
🇳🇱 Lisse · Apr to MayThe bulb fields of the Bollenstreek in bloomLong stripes of hyacinth, daffodil and tulip on the sandy flats between Haarlem and Leiden, at their best in mid to late April.
🇳🇱 Lisse · Mar to MayKeukenhof in tulip seasonA woodland park in Lisse planted each autumn with millions of bulbs and open for about eight weeks in spring.
🇳🇱 Lisse · Apr to MayCycling the bulb fields from Lisse to the dunesA flat day's ride on marked cycle paths through flowering bulb fields between Lisse, Hillegom and Noordwijk.New Zealand
Philippines
Portugal
🇵🇹 Funchal · All yearFlower sellers at the Mercado dos LavradoresFunchal's 1940 farmers' market, where women in striped Madeiran dress sell bird of paradise, proteas and orchids.
🇵🇹 Funchal · Apr to SepLevada walks through Madeira's flowersLevel footpaths beside Madeira's old irrigation channels, through laurel forest and banks of agapanthus and hydrangea.
🇵🇹 Lisbon · May to JunJacaranda season in LisbonAvenues and squares across Lisbon turn violet in late May and June when the city's jacaranda trees flower.
🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada · Jun to AugHydrangea hedges of the AzoresCountry roads on São Miguel and Faial lined for miles with blue hydrangea hedges in the Atlantic summer.
Singapore
🇸🇬 Singapore · All yearSingapore Botanic Gardens and the National Orchid GardenA tropical garden and UNESCO World Heritage Site, with one of the great orchid collections.
🇸🇬 Singapore · All yearGardens by the BayA waterfront park of giant planted towers and two cooled glasshouses with changing flower shows.South Africa
🇿🇦 Cape Town · All yearKirstenbosch National Botanical GardenA garden of South African plants on the slopes of Table Mountain, at its best from late winter to spring.
🇿🇦 Cape Town · All yearAdderley Street flower sellersA covered lane off Cape Town's main street where families have sold flowers for generations.
🇿🇦 Cape Town · Aug to NovFynbos walks on the Cape Peninsula and at HermanusDay walks through the Cape floral kingdom, the smallest and one of the richest plant regions on earth.
🇿🇦 Durban · All yearDurban Botanic GardensA subtropical garden founded in 1849, with an orchid house and a famous collection of cycads.
🇿🇦 Plettenberg Bay · Aug to NovGarden Route coastal fynbos walksCoastal paths along South Africa's southern shore, through fynbos and old forest.
🇿🇦 Pretoria · Oct to NovJacaranda season in PretoriaTens of thousands of street trees turn South Africa's capital purple each October.
🇿🇦 Cape Town · Aug to SepThe flower route from Cape Town to NieuwoudtvilleA spring road trip north from Cape Town through a chain of wildflower reserves.
🇿🇦 Springbok · Aug to SepNamaqualand daisy seasonA semi-desert in the north-west of South Africa that turns orange with daisies after winter rain.South Korea
🇰🇷 Gapyeong · Jan to DecThe Garden of Morning CalmA hillside garden north-east of Seoul designed to show a Korean sense of beauty in plants.
🇰🇷 Seoul · All yearYangjae flower marketSeoul's main flower market: a wholesale cut-flower hall and long greenhouses of pot plants.
🇰🇷 Changwon · Mar to AprJinhae cherry blossom festivalSouth Korea's largest cherry blossom festival, in a naval port town on the south coast.
🇰🇷 Seoul · AprilYeouido cherry blossom walkA road of old cherry trees behind the National Assembly, closed to cars at blossom time.
🇰🇷 Seoul · All yearYangjae flower marketSeoul's main flower market: a wholesale cut-flower hall and long greenhouses of pot plants.
🇰🇷 Changwon · Mar to AprJinhae cherry blossom festivalSouth Korea's largest cherry blossom festival, in a naval port town on the south coast.
🇰🇷 Seoul · AprilYeouido cherry blossom walkA road of old cherry trees behind the National Assembly, closed to cars at blossom time.Spain
🇪🇸 Barcelona · All yearThe flower kiosks of La RamblaA stretch of Barcelona's central promenade lined with flower kiosks since the nineteenth century, busiest on 23 April.
🇪🇸 Granada · Apr to OctThe Generalife gardens above the AlhambraThe summer estate of Granada's Nasrid rulers, where water channels run between roses, myrtle, jasmine and orange trees.
🇪🇸 Córdoba · MayThe patios of Córdoba in MayFor two weeks each May, families in Córdoba's old quarters open their flower-filled courtyards to anyone who walks in.
🇪🇸 Plasencia · Mar to AprCherry blossom in the Jerte valleyA mountain valley in Extremadura where terraces of cherry orchards flower white together for about ten days in early spring.
Taiwan
🇹🇼 Taipei · All yearJianguo holiday flower marketA weekend plant and flower market that sets up under an elevated road in central Taipei.
🇹🇼 Taipei · Feb to MayYangmingshan flower season and the calla lilies of ZhuzihuCherry and azalea on the mountain above Taipei, then white calla lilies in a farmed valley.Thailand
🇹🇭 Bangkok · All yearPak Khlong Talat by nightBangkok's round-the-clock flower market near the river, at its fullest after dark.
🇹🇭 Bangkok · All yearThread a phuang malai garlandA short class in the Thai craft of threading jasmine and other flowers into offering garlands.
🇹🇭 Pattaya · All yearNong Nooch Tropical GardenA very large private botanical garden near Pattaya, known for palms, cycads and orchids.
🇹🇭 Chaiyaphum · Jun to AugSiam tulip fields of ChaiyaphumIn the early rains, pink wild flowers called krachiao cover forest clearings in north-east Thailand.
🇹🇭 Chiang Mai · Jan to DecMon Cham in the cool seasonA ridge-top viewpoint in Mae Rim with terraced vegetable and flower plots and cool mountain air.
🇹🇭 Chiang Mai · Jan to DecWild Himalayan cherry on Doi InthanonPink cherry trees and royal flower gardens on Thailand's highest mountain.
🇹🇭 Udon Thani · Jan to DecRed lotus lake of KumphawapiA shallow lake in north-east Thailand that is covered in pink water lilies on cool-season mornings.Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
🇬🇧 London · All yearColumbia Road flower market on a SundayOne short East End street, packed every Sunday with plant and cut flower stalls and the calls of the traders.
🇬🇧 London · All yearNew Covent Garden Flower Market before sunriseLondon's wholesale flower market at Nine Elms, where the city's florists buy in the dark hours and the public may walk in.
🇬🇧 London · All yearA day at the Royal Botanic Gardens, KewOne of the world's great botanic gardens, with Victorian glasshouses, a huge tree collection and flowers in every month.
🇬🇧 London · All yearA floristry class at a London flower schoolA half day or full day learning to build a hand-tied bouquet with seasonal stems at one of London's flower schools.
🇬🇧 Rye · Apr to OctGreat Dixter's long border and meadowsThe East Sussex home of the gardener Christopher Lloyd, famous for bold colour, dense planting and flowering meadows.
🇬🇧 Woking · Mar to OctRHS Garden Wisley through the seasonsThe Royal Horticultural Society's main garden in Surrey, where plants are tested, compared and shown at their best.
🇬🇧 Berkhamsted · Apr to MayBluebell woods on the Ashridge EstateOld beech and oak woods in the Chiltern Hills where native bluebells cover the ground for a few weeks in spring.
🇬🇧 Chipping Campden · May to JulVillage open garden days in the CotswoldsSummer days when a whole Cotswold village opens its private gardens for charity, with tea and cake in the hall.
🇬🇧 Cranbrook · Apr to SepThe garden rooms of SissinghurstA Kent garden of hedged rooms made by Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, known above all for its White Garden.
🇬🇧 Hitchin · Jun to AugPicking your own lavender at HitchinA Hertfordshire farm where you walk the lavender rows on a hillside with scissors and a paper bag.United States
🇺🇸 Austin · Mar to OctThe Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterA botanic garden in Austin given over entirely to the native plants of Texas, at its best in bluebonnet season.
🇺🇸 Honolulu · All yearMake a lei in HonoluluLearn to string a Hawaiian flower lei, and see the lei stands of Chinatown.
🇺🇸 Kennett Square · All yearLongwood Gardens and its conservatoryThe former du Pont estate in Pennsylvania, with a vast glass conservatory, fountains and flower displays in every season.
🇺🇸 Los Angeles · All yearThe Los Angeles Flower District at dawnSeveral blocks of wholesale flower halls in downtown Los Angeles, open to the public and busiest before sunrise.
🇺🇸 New York City · All yearThe flower block on West 28th StreetA single Manhattan block where wholesale florists put trees, branches and buckets of flowers out on the pavement each morning.
🇺🇸 New York City · Feb to OctThe New York Botanical Garden in the BronxA 250-acre garden with a Victorian-style glasshouse, a late winter orchid show, an azalea hillside and a large rose garden.
🇺🇸 San Marino · Jan to DecThe Huntington's rose, camellia and desert gardensA library and art estate near Pasadena with more than a dozen themed gardens, strongest in winter and spring.
🇺🇸 Asheville · May to JunRhododendron season on the Blue Ridge ParkwayA mountain road through Virginia and North Carolina, lined in early summer with rhododendron, flame azalea and mountain laurel.
🇺🇸 Ashford · Jul to AugSubalpine meadows at Paradise, Mount RainierHigh meadows on the south side of Mount Rainier that flower in a rush as the snow melts in late July and August.
🇺🇸 Borrego Springs · Feb to MarDesert wildflowers at Anza-BorregoAfter a wet winter, the desert floor around Borrego Springs fills with verbena, primrose and desert sunflowers.
🇺🇸 Carlsbad · Mar to MayThe ranunculus fields of CarlsbadA hillside above the Pacific planted in wide stripes of giant ranunculus, open to visitors each spring.
🇺🇸 Crested Butte · Jun to AugWildflower season in Crested ButteA former mining town high in the Colorado Rockies, surrounded in July by meadows of columbine, lupine and sunflowers.
🇺🇸 Fredericksburg · Mar to AprA bluebonnet drive through the Texas Hill CountryBack roads west of Austin where bluebonnets and paintbrush line the verges and fill the pastures in early spring.
🇺🇸 Gatlinburg · Apr to MaySpring wildflowers in the Great Smoky MountainsOld forest on the Tennessee and North Carolina border, carpeted with trilliums and other woodland flowers in April.
🇺🇸 Lancaster · Mar to MayCalifornia poppies in the Antelope ValleyA state reserve in the high desert north of Los Angeles where hills turn orange with California poppies in a good spring.
🇺🇸 Mount Vernon · AprilTulip fields of the Skagit ValleyFlat river delta farmland north of Seattle where commercial tulip and daffodil fields flower through April.
🇺🇸 New York City · Apr to JunCherry Esplanade at the Brooklyn Botanic GardenA city botanic garden known for its lawn lined with double pink cherries, its bluebell wood and its rose garden.
🇺🇸 Pasadena · Jan to DecDecorating Rose Parade floats in PasadenaIn the last days of December, volunteers glue petals, seeds and whole flowers onto the floats of the New Year's parade.
🇺🇸 Portland · May to SepPortland's International Rose Test GardenA terraced public rose garden in Portland's Washington Park, where new varieties have been tested since 1917.
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C. · Mar to AprCherry blossom around the Tidal BasinThousands of Japanese cherry trees flower around the Tidal Basin and the memorials in late March or early April.Vietnam
🇻🇳 Hanoi · All yearQuang Ba night flower marketHanoi's wholesale flower market near West Lake, which trades from the middle of the night until dawn.
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City · All yearHo Thi Ky flower marketHo Chi Minh City's largest flower market, a tangle of lanes in District 10 that trades through the night.
🇻🇳 Da Lat · Jan to DecDa Lat, city of flowersA cool highland town that grows much of Vietnam's cut flowers and holds a flower festival.Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hanami: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Day of the Dead: RubeHM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kannauj: Nature lusty vikash, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shalimar Bagh: ANSAR AHMAD, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yangmingshan National Park: H8010110, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Da Lat: Roy Kim, CC BY 2.0, source
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- RHS Garden Wisley: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Columbia Road Flower Market: SunDawn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sault: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crested Butte: RON RAFFETY, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve: Thomas, CC BY 2.0, source
- Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: No machine-readable author provided. Miskatonic assumed (based on copy, CC BY 2.5, source
- International Rose Test Garden: PiccoloNamek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria: Rexness, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Île de la Cité: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Campo de' Fiori: Carlat82, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Viktualienmarkt: User:Mattes, Public domain, source
- Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden: Kevin.abraham335, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ikebana: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Keukenhof: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Royal Botanic Garden Sydney: Pavel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shinjuku Gyoen: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kings Park: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden: Lonelyplanet, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Christchurch Botanic Gardens: Szilas, Public domain, source
- Durban Botanic Gardens: Purves, M. ( Michaelwild at en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Majorelle Garden: Viault, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: Frank Wolfe, Public domain, source
- Singapore Botanic Gardens: Calvin teo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Claude Monet Foundation: Fondation Monet, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Floristry: Joachimj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lei: possibly Fernando Le Bleux, Public domain, source
- Phuang malai: Deror Avi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bogor Botanical Gardens: Talaborn, Public domain, source
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden: Didier B ( Sam67fr ), CC BY 2.5, source
- Papeete: Remi Jouan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canang sari: Mx. Granger, CC0, source
- Bahá'í Terraces: Arash Hashemi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zakir Husain Rose Garden: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eram Garden: Siamak.ess, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gardens by the Bay: Shiny Things ., CC BY 2.0, source
- Sissinghurst Castle Garden: Hans Bernhard ( Schnobby ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tihar Marigold Garlands: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Rose Parade Floats: Prayitno / Thank you for (12 millions +) view, CC BY 2.0, source
- Silleteros Of Medellin: SajoR, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Open Gardens: Communications Manager NGS, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Valley Of Flowers And Kaas: Naresh Chandra, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Namaqualand Flower Route: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Aalsmeer Flower Auction: No machine-readable author provided. Miriam8~commonswiki assumed (base, Public domain, source
- Wholesale Flower Markets: EG Focus, CC BY 2.0, source
- Perfume Flowers Of Grasse: Olivier Cleynen, CC BY 4.0, source
- Andalusian Courtyard Gardens: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Boquete Flower And Coffee Fair: FranHogan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panagbenga: lolay, CC BY 2.0, source
- Taif Rose Season: عباد ديرانية, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Washington Cherry Blossom Festival: MBisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jacaranda Season Walks: Kahuroa, Public domain, source
- Skagit Valley Tulip Festival: Gina, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Luoyang Peony Festival: Rialfver Original uploader was Rialfver at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Qamsar Rosewater Season: Farzad Yousefian, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kelaa Mgouna Rose Festival: Rachidourkia, CC BY 4.0, source
- Canadian Tulip Festival: Andrew Scheer, CC0, source
- Isparta Rose Harvest: Isparta at Turkish Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Kazanlak Rose Festival: Avishai Teicher, Public domain, source
- Enkutatash: Nati Tad, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Floriade Canberra: Ashishlohorung, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dubai Miracle Garden Season: Dmg200, CC BY 4.0, source
- Jacaranda Festival Grafton: Tim Keegan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kurinji: Suresh Krishna, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kr Market Bengaluru: Pp391, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dadar Flower Market Mumbai: Swaminathan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mullick Ghat Flower Market Kolkata: Pradip paswan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Koyambedu Flower Market Chennai: Sudhamshu Hebbar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Madurai Jasmine Market: எஸ்ஸார், CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thovalai Flower Market: Dr. Chinchu C., CC BY 4.0, source
- Amrit Udyan Delhi: Anita Mary P X, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ooty Botanical Garden Flower Show: Hemant meena, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaas Plateau Satara: Nilrocks, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tasmania Lavender And Tulip Farms: NeoGeneric, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yumthang Valley Rhododendrons: Joginder Pathak, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dzukou Valley Lily: GuruBidya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shirui Lily Ukhrul: Tabish Qureshi Tabish q, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shillong Cherry Blossom: Windrider24584 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sandakphu Rhododendron Trek: Po0zan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pampore Saffron Harvest: Ashfaq ahanger, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Philosophers Path Kyoto: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hirosaki Castle Cherry Blossom: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hitachi Seaside Park Nemophila: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Furano Lavender: pakku, CC BY 3.0, source
- Biei Flower Roads Hokkaido: Yasu ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kenroku En Kanazawa: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Kamakura Hydrangea Temples: Tarourashima, Public domain, source
- Yeouido Cherry Blossom Seoul: Kimhs5400, CC BY 4.0, source
- Yangjae Flower Market Seoul: Izolight, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Luoping Canola Fields: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dounan Flower Market Kunming: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jianguo Holiday Flower Market Taipei: This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote . Feel free to use any of, CC BY 4.0, source
- Pak Khlong Talat Bangkok: Sry85, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mon Cham Chiang Mai: Hdamm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Doi Inthanon Wild Himalayan Cherry: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Lotus Lake Udon Thani: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Quang Ba Flower Market Hanoi: Newone, Public domain, source
- Ho Thi Ky Flower Market Saigon: WIN vietnam, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ghorepani Rhododendron Trek: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Godkhali Flower Market Jashore: Mahabur.rahman2, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Aksu Zhabagly Wild Tulips: Tomiris, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kuyucak Lavender Village: No machine-readable author provided. Rarelibra assumed (based on copyr, Public domain, source
- Jebel Akhdar Rose Season: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, source
- West Coast Flower Route: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Pretoria Jacarandas: Petrus Potgieter, Petrus at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Adderley Street Flower Sellers: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cape Fynbos Walks: Rialfver at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Garden Route Fynbos: Diriye Amey, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nairobi City Market Flowers: Daryona, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lake Naivasha Flower Farms: javic, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lake Tekapo Lupins: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sydney Flower Market Flemington: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Valensole Plateau Lavender: Alpes de Haute Provence, CC BY 2.0, source
- Senanque Abbey Lavender: Greudin, Public domain, source
- Val Dorcia Sunflowers: Stefanoacetelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Castelluccio Di Norcia Fioritura: No machine-readable author provided. Lukkio84~commonswiki assumed (bas, Public domain, source
- Ashridge Bluebell Woods: myself, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hallerbos Bluebells: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jerte Valley Cherry Blossom: DavidGranda, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bonn Heerstrasse Cherry Blossom: Thomas Wolf ( Der Wolf im Wald ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Seiser Alm Alpine Meadows: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos,, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iceland Lupin Fields: User:NancyHeise, Public domain, source
- Brussels Flower Carpet: Dossid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bloemenmarkt Amsterdam: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rambla De Les Flors Barcelona: Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2, source
- Riga Night Flower Market: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mercado Dos Lavradores Funchal: Luke H. Gordon, CC BY 2.0, source
- Great Dixter Garden: Miles Berry, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Villandry Gardens: No machine-readable author provided. LonganimE assumed (based on copyr, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Bagatelle Rose Garden Paris: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0, source
- Isola Bella Terraced Garden: MarkusMark, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mainau Flower Island: Rizzo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cordoba Patios Route: Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Azores Hydrangea Roads: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hitchin Lavender Pick Your Own: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Carlsbad Flower Fields Ranunculus: User:Muteknee, Public domain, source
- Mount Rainier Paradise Meadows: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Great Smoky Mountains Spring Wildflowers: Scott Basford, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- New York 28th Street Flower District: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Butchart Gardens Victoria: Marcus, CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- New York Botanical Garden: Anthony22 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Huntington Botanical Gardens: By Aaron Logan, CC BY 1.0, source
- Montreal Botanical Garden: GarrettRock at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Texas Hill Country Wildflower Drive: Zereshk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue Ridge Parkway Rhododendrons: Ken Thomas, Public domain, source
- Atlixco Cempasuchil Fields: El Sombrerero, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Xochimilco Plant Markets: Jflo23, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mercado De Jamaica Mexico City: Carlos Adampol Galindo, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Antigua Guatemala Holy Week Carpets: Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ruta De Las Flores El Salvador: ClauH0288, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lankester Botanical Garden Orchids: Diegobogarin, Public domain, source
- Jardin De Balata Martinique: Mica, CC BY 3.0, source
- Andromeda Botanic Gardens Barbados: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Soroa Orchid Garden Cuba: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paloquemao Flower Market Bogota: Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bogota Savanna Flower Farms: No machine-readable author provided. Tequendamia assumed (based on cop, Public domain, source