Flower places

Gardens, flower markets, bloom fields and festivals to visit, city by city. 435 places so far, best known first.

KindBotanical garden Flower garden Flower market Bloom site Festival or show

Place Deosai National Parkدیوسائی نیشنل پارک A vast alpine plateau in northern Pakistan, famed for wildflowers and wildlife Astore, 🇵🇰 Pakistan · Bloom site

Place Hallim Park한림공원 A large botanical park with lava caves and themed gardens on Jeju Island Hallim, 🇰🇷 South Korea · Botanical garden

Place Phu Hin Rong Kla National Parkอุทยานแห่งชาติภูหินร่องกล้า A cool, mountainous national park in northern Thailand with forests and waterfalls Loei, 🇹🇭 Thailand · Bloom site

Place West Lake西湖 The historic lakeside landscape at the heart of Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, 🇨🇳 China · Flower garden

Place Luoping County罗平县 A county in Yunnan, China, famous for its golden canola fields in spring Luoping, 🇨🇳 China · Bloom site, Mar to Jun

Place Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefectureئىلى قازاق ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى A vast, multi-ethnic region in northern Xinjiang, China, known for its grasslands and borderlands Khorgas, 🇨🇳 China · Bloom site

Place Potatso National Park普达措国家公园 A highland park of lakes, forests, and rare plants near Shangri-La, Yunnan Shangri-La, 🇨🇳 China · Bloom site

Place Yangmingshan National Park陽明山國家公園 Taipei’s volcanic park with cherry blossoms, hot springs, and hiking trails Taipei, 🇹🇼 Taiwan · Flower garden

Place La Trinidad The valley town in Benguet known for strawberries and cut flowers Bahong, 🇵🇭 Philippines · Bloom site

Place National Botanic Garden of WalesGardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru A major botanic garden with a vast glasshouse and historic parkland in Carmarthenshire, Wales Llanarthney, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Botanical garden

Place SaultSaut A rural village in Provence known for its summer lavender fields Sault, 🇫🇷 France · Bloom site, Jun to Sep

Place Lautaret Alpine Garden A high-altitude garden of alpine plants in the French Alps Villar-d'Arêne, 🇫🇷 France · Botanical garden

Place Agodi Gardens A large public garden and mini zoo in Ibadan, Nigeria Ibadan, 🇳🇬 Nigeria · Flower garden

Place Hantam National Botanical Garden A vast wildflower reserve near Nieuwoudtville in South Africa’s Northern Cape Nieuwoudtville, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden, Aug to Oct

Place Harold Porter National Botanical Garden A botanical garden of fynbos and forest near Betty's Bay, South Africa Betty's Bay, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve A state reserve in California known for its spring poppy bloom Lancaster, 🇺🇸 United States · Bloom site, Feb to May

Place Anza-Borrego Desert State Park California’s largest state park, famous for spring wildflower blooms and desert landscapes Borrego Springs, 🇺🇸 United States · Bloom site

Place Holden Arboretum A vast botanical garden and arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio Kirtland, 🇺🇸 United States · Botanical garden

Place Great Craggy Mountains A North Carolina mountain range known for rhododendrons and sweeping views Asheville, 🇺🇸 United States · Bloom site, June

Place Roan Mountain A high Appalachian massif known for rhododendrons and grassy summits Carter County, 🇺🇸 United States · Bloom site

Place Soufrière Estate Historic Saint Lucia estate with botanical gardens and mineral springs Soufrière, 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · Flower garden

Place Las Cruces Biological Station A research station and botanical garden in southern Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Botanical garden

Place Boyce Thompson Arboretum A desert botanical garden in Arizona with global arid-land plants Superior, 🇺🇸 United States · Botanical garden

Place Nieuwoudtville A South African town famed for its spring bulbs and wildflowers Namakwa, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Bloom site

Place Gothenburg Botanical GardenGöteborgs botaniska trädgård A vast botanical garden and nature reserve in Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg, 🇸🇪 Sweden · Botanical garden

Place Bagh-e-Jinnahباغِ جناح A historic botanical garden and park in central Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, 🇵🇰 Pakistan · Botanical garden

Place Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden A 300-hectare botanical garden and nature reserve in Roodepoort, South Africa Johannesburg, 🇿🇦 South Africa · Botanical garden

Place Chapada dos Veadeiros National ParkParque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros A vast plateau park in central Brazil, known for waterfalls and orchids Alto Paraíso de Goiás, 🇧🇷 Brazil · Bloom site

Place Eastwoodhill Arboretum New Zealand’s national arboretum with thousands of trees from around the world Gisborne District, 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flower garden

Place Dunham Massey Hall A historic English country house with formal gardens and a deer park Dunham Massey, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Flower garden

Place High Park A large urban park in Toronto with gardens, ravines and rare oak savannah Toronto, 🇨🇦 Canada · Flower garden

Place NamaqualandNama-kwa An arid coastal region famed for its spring wildflowers Port Nolloth, 🇳🇦 Namibia · Bloom site, Aug to Oct

Place Ajloun Forest Reserve A woodland nature reserve in northern Jordan with rare plants and wildlife Ajloun, 🇯🇴 Jordan · Bloom site

Place Garden of Ninfa A romantic English-style garden among medieval ruins in central Italy Cisterna di Latina, 🇮🇹 Italy · Flower garden, Apr to Nov

Place Korea National Arboretum국립수목원 A major arboretum and UNESCO biosphere reserve in Pocheon, South Korea Pocheon, 🇰🇷 South Korea · Botanical garden

Place Kinabalu ParkTaman Kinabalu Malaysia’s first World Heritage Site, home to Mount Kinabalu and rich plant life Kota Kinabalu, 🇲🇾 Malaysia · Bloom site

Place Doi Inthanon National Parkอุทยานแห่งชาติดอยอินทนนท์ Thailand’s highest mountain and waterfalls in a northern national park Chiang Mai, 🇹🇭 Thailand · Bloom site

Place Nyingchi林芝市 / ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། A city in Tibet known for vast forests and mountain scenery Bayi, 🇨🇳 China · Flower garden

Place Doi Tungดอยตุง A mountain in northern Thailand with gardens, a royal villa, and Buddhist sites Chiang Rai, 🇹🇭 Thailand · Flower garden

Place Rose ValleyРозова долина A Bulgarian region where roses are grown for their prized oil Kalofer, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Bloom site, May to Jun

Place Skagit Valley Tulip Festival A month-long tulip festival in Skagit Valley, Washington each April Mount Vernon, 🇺🇸 United States · Festival or show, April

Place Tesselaar Tulip Festival A spring tulip festival on a working flower farm in Silvan, Victoria Silvan, 🇦🇺 Australia · Festival or show, Sep to Oct

Place Takatō Castle高遠城 A historic Japanese castle ruin famed for spring cherry blossoms in Ina, Nagano Ina, 🇯🇵 Japan · Bloom site

Place Biei美瑛町 A Hokkaido town famous for its flower fields and rolling hills Patchwork Road, 🇯🇵 Japan · Bloom site, Jul to Aug

Place Annapurna Conservation Area Nepal’s largest protected area in the Annapurna Himalayas Kaski, 🇳🇵 Nepal · Bloom site

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Deosai National Park: Qammer Wazir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Hallim Park: Grapesurgeon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
West Lake: Louisa Salazar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Luoping County: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture: lwtt93, CC BY 2.0, source
Potatso National Park: Asaikana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Yangmingshan National Park: H8010110, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
La Trinidad: Irvin Parco Sto. Tomas, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
National Botanic Garden of Wales: Col Ford and Natasha de Vere, CC BY 2.0, source
Sault: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Lautaret Alpine Garden: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Agodi Gardens: Oluseunbadejo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Hantam National Botanical Garden: Nieuwoudtville Cape, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Harold Porter National Botanical Garden: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Holden Arboretum: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Great Craggy Mountains: Thomson200, CC0, source
Roan Mountain: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 2.5, source
Soufrière Estate: Mjr74, Public domain, source
Las Cruces Biological Station: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Boyce Thompson Arboretum: John Menard, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Nieuwoudtville: Andrew Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Gothenburg Botanical Garden: Bulver, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Bagh-e-Jinnah: Amnagondal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park: Marina Campos Vinhal, CC BY 2.0, source
Eastwoodhill Arboretum: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl, source
Dunham Massey Hall: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
High Park: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Namaqualand: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Ajloun Forest Reserve: Freedom's Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Garden of Ninfa: WikiRomaWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Korea National Arboretum: Ji Min Yoon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Kinabalu Park: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Doi Inthanon National Park: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
Nyingchi: 山海风, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Doi Tung: Nick wichai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Rose Valley: Avishai Teicher, Public domain, source
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival: Gina, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tesselaar Tulip Festival: 22Kartika, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Takatō Castle: No machine-readable author provided. FlyMeToFullmoon assumed (based on, Public domain, source
Biei: Yasu ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Annapurna Conservation Area: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source

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