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.
KindAllBloom seasons and flower fieldsFlower marketsGardens worth a journeyFlower routes and walksWorkshops and hands-on
CountryAll🇦🇷 Argentina🇦🇺 Australia🇧🇩 Bangladesh🇧🇧 Barbados🇧🇪 Belgium🇧🇷 Brazil🇧🇬 Bulgaria🇨🇦 Canada🇨🇱 Chile🇨🇳 China🇨🇴 Colombia🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇨🇺 Cuba🇪🇨 Ecuador🇸🇻 El Salvador🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇫🇷 France🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇹 Guatemala🇭🇰 Hong Kong🇮🇸 Iceland🇮🇳 India🇮🇩 Indonesia🇮🇷 Iran🇮🇱 Israel🇮🇹 Italy🇯🇵 Japan🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇰🇪 Kenya🇱🇻 Latvia🇲🇺 Mauritius🇲🇽 Mexico🇲🇦 Morocco🇳🇵 Nepal🇳🇱 Netherlands🇳🇿 New Zealand🇴🇲 Oman🇵🇦 Panama🇵🇪 Peru🇵🇭 Philippines🇵🇹 Portugal🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🇸🇬 Singapore🇿🇦 South Africa🇰🇷 South Korea🇪🇸 Spain🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇹🇼 Taiwan🇹🇭 Thailand🇹🇷 Turkey🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇺🇸 United States🇻🇳 Vietnam
Australia
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
🇧🇷 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.
🇧🇷 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.
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.
🇨🇱 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
France
🇫🇷 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.
🇫🇷 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.
India
🇮🇳 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.
🇮🇳 Satara · Aug to OctKaas plateau in flowerA rocky plateau in the Western Ghats that is carpeted with tiny wildflowers after the monsoon.
🇮🇳 Chamoli · Jul to SepValley of Flowers trekA high Himalayan valley in Uttarakhand that fills with alpine flowers during the monsoon.
🇮🇳 Lachung · Apr to JunYumthang valley rhododendronsA high valley in north Sikkim where many kinds of rhododendron flower in late spring.
🇮🇳 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.
Italy
🇮🇹 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.
🇯🇵 Ashikaga · Apr to MayWisteria at Ashikaga Flower ParkVast old wisteria vines trained over trellises, with flower trails hanging to head height.
🇯🇵 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.
🇯🇵 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.
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 · Mar to AprJacaranda season in Mexico CityFrom late February into April, jacaranda trees turn the avenues and parks of Mexico City violet.
South Africa
South Korea
Thailand
🇹🇭 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.
🇹🇭 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 States
🇺🇸 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.
🇺🇸 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.
🇺🇸 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.
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
- National Cherry Blossom Festival: MBisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Luoping County: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yangmingshan National Park: H8010110, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Da Lat: Roy Kim, CC BY 2.0, 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
- Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden: Kevin.abraham335, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Namaqualand: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Flower Carpet of Brussels: Dossid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Festival of the Flowers: SajoR, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Panagbenga Festival: lolay, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nootka lupine: User:NancyHeise, Public domain, source
- Floriade: Ashishlohorung, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Neelakurinji: Suresh Krishna, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Canadian Tulip Festival: Andrew Scheer, CC0, source
- Skagit Valley Tulip Festival: Gina, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shirui lily: Tabish Qureshi Tabish q, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Valley of Flowers National Park: Naresh Chandra, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Boquete Flower And Coffee Fair: FranHogan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Taif Rose Season: عباد ديرانية, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jacaranda Season Walks: Kahuroa, Public domain, source
- Luoyang Peony Festival: Rialfver Original uploader was Rialfver at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kelaa Mgouna Rose Festival: Rachidourkia, CC BY 4.0, source
- Isparta Rose Harvest: Isparta at Turkish Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Expoflora Holambra: Allice Hunter, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Enkutatash: Nati Tad, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jacaranda Festival Grafton: Tim Keegan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kaas Plateau Satara: Nilrocks, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yumthang Valley Rhododendrons: Joginder Pathak, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Shillong Cherry Blossom: Windrider24584 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 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
- Kamakura Hydrangea Temples: Tarourashima, Public domain, source
- Yeouido Cherry Blossom Seoul: Kimhs5400, CC BY 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
- 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
- Pretoria Jacarandas: Petrus Potgieter, Petrus at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Lake Tekapo Lupins: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- 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
- Atlixco Cempasuchil Fields: El Sombrerero, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Patagonia Lupins Carretera Austral: Rakela, CC BY-SA 3.0, source