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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.

KindAllBloom seasons and flower fieldsFlower marketsGardens worth a journeyFlower routes and walksWorkshops and hands-on
MonthAnyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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

Colombia

🇨🇴 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.

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.

India

🇮🇳 Darjeeling · Apr to MaySandakphu rhododendron trekA ridge walk along the India and Nepal border through rhododendron and magnolia forest in spring.

Netherlands

🇳🇱 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.

Portugal

🇵🇹 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.

Spain

🇪🇸 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.

United Kingdom

🇬🇧 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.

United States

🇺🇸 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.

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