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Hitachi Seaside Park - A wide variety of seasonal flower gardens!

From Late September to mid October!

In October, kochias (summer cypress) turns the Miharashi hills from green to crimson against the backdrop of the ocean and sky. Cosmoses cover the hillside with flowers of white, pink, and red. Hitachi Seaside Park is in full swing in autumn.

When the spring nemophila blooming is over, it’s time for the kochias. The change from green to crimson is truly dynamic: the Kochia Carnival has started!

You won't find a prettier garden. Enjoy it!

The most refreshing walk you can do in your life. this garden is immaculately kept and has just the most wonderful trees to see. Right on the water , you won't find a prettier garden. Enjoy it

The Royal Botanic Gardens is a major botanical garden located in the heart of Sydney, Australia. The garden is the oldest scientific institution in Australia and one of the most important historic botanical institutions in the world. Its stunning position on Sydney Harbour and immediately adjacent to the Sydney Opera House ensure it is one of the most stunning gardens in the world.
Founded in 1816, this gem is the oldest garden of its kind in Australia. It has an outstanding collection of flora from the whole world though with a little emphasis on species from the Oceania. We think it is well worth …

Mission
The Tucson Botanical Gardens connects people with plants and nature through art, science, history and culture.

Vision
The Tucson Botanical Gardens, a tranquil oasis in the heart of Tucson, strives to be recognized and respected as the best small public garden in America.

Core Values
As the Tucson Botanical Gardens moves forward, its leadership respects the Porter legacy and all that it embodies. Bernice Porter was committed to creating a garden that was both aesthetically beautiful and educational. She envisioned it as a community resource for learners of all ages, knowledge levels, and abilities—a center where one could learn about plants, gardening, and nature.

Beauty
We strive to provide a setting that is beautiful to the eyes and attractive to all the senses.

Excellence
We are committed to meeting the highest standards of performance.

Inspiration
We seek to be a place that touches …

Logan is an exotic paradise tucked away on the south-western tip of Scotland and set amidst some of the most majestic scenery the country has to offer.

Famed for its tender collections, Logan's Walled Garden is a showcase for brilliant blooms and is ablaze with colour throughout the season. The fishpond, adorned with water lilies, creates a focal point and embellishes the air of tranquillity within the Garden.

Birds-eye view of the Walled GardenWarmed by the Gulf Stream, the climate provides the ideal growing conditions for an amazing collection of southern hemisphere plants.

The Woodland Garden is also a delight. It is a haven for a host of weird and wonderful plants and trees such as eucalyptus to the gunnera bog.Chusan Palms

A stroll to the highest point will reward visitors with breathtaking views over the Rhins to the Galloway Hills and beyond.

The Discovery Centre, situated near to the …

The lower temperatures also mean even lovelier autumn hues!

Tenku Autumn Leaves Festival takes place on the 929-meter-high Mt. Mitake, where autumn arrives earlier than in the flatter central Tokyo. The lower temperatures also mean even lovelier autumn hues, which tint the streams and waterfalls, and entertain hikers following the various trails. Tenku—“heavenly skies”—themed events include a violin concert, geisha night, and ninja house. The summit area is easily accessible by cable car.

The festival featured 45 diverse and inspiring gardens, 12 gardens of significance, 10 new gardens and more than a dozen exciting events. Of the 45 gardens, 40 were private gardens open exclusively for the duration of the festival.
Showcasing some of the most outstanding gardens, parks and open spaces in New Zealand, the Festival includes the highest number of gardens of National and Regional Significance in the country.
The festival runs over 10 days and is more than just a garden trail. Visitors can experience the gardens, chat and learn from the gardeners, attend workshops, tours, listen to celebrity speakers.

RHS Wisley will bring the winter evenings alive with fantastical giant flowers!

Follow the fairy lights along the trail and see the light playing on our iconic trees, floating installations creating rippling reflections on the water, and stunning views of the Laboratory reflected in the Jellicoe Canal.

Christmas delights in the Glasshouse

Don't miss our beautiful Glasshouse display, this year inspired by the 1837 poem A visit from St Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. Walk into a festive woodland glade, complete with poinsettia 'trees', ferns, red flowering azaleas and an abandoned sleigh. Can you find the missing reindeer?
Delight in the Arts & Crafts stockings hanging over the chimney, surrounded by 10 Christmas trees decorated by local schools.

Enjoy the atmosphere of the festive season with the Jigantics light installation around the garden which blooms with magical giant illuminated flowers. Don’t miss the stunning Glasshouse display. Opening from 4pm …

Have you ever imagined the sound of blooming?

People nowadays are busy working, which not only exhausts them, but also blinds their minds. At the same time, “happiness” is like the silence of blooming. We miss its beautiful blooming period accidentally due to our busy life. We may have richer lives, but our minds and souls are being emptied.

Therefore, with the holding of 2018 Taichung World Flora Exposition, we invite citizens to reflect on the intimate relationship between humanity and Mother Nature and listen carefully to the messages conveyed by Mother Nature.

The Taichung World Flora Exposition, also known as the Taichung Flora Expo, will be held between November 3, 2018 and April 24, 2019 for 173 days in Taichung City, Republic of China (Taiwan). The exposition received the recognition of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) as an A2/B1 class international horticultural exposition.

The Taichung …

Floriade - Welcome spring in Australia's capital

Inspired by a fresh new theme every year, Canberra’s world-class spring festival, Floriade runs each year between September and October with more than one million blooms on display as a backdrop to celebrations throughout Commonwealth Park, Camberra. With free entre the event welcomes more than 480,000 local, interstate and international visitors each year.

Floriade ;  A feast for the sense

This year, Floriade will feature 99 varieties of tulips, with a total of 388, 642 tulip bulbs planted. They will also have module planter boxes, which will feature 27 varieties of tulips (some doubles), with a quantity of 33, 231 tulip bulbs in total.

To make up the million bulbs, they also feature the more types in addition to the tulipa varietals like: Iris, Narcissus, Ranunculus, Bellis, Pansy, Viola, Violetta, Chrysanthemum, Hyacinth, Muscari, Scilla and Spring Star Flower
 

Floriade is Australia’s premier celebration of …

Miracle Garden Dubai - The world’s biggest natural flower garden

Miracle Garden Dubai - in Arabic: دبي معجزة حديقة - is one of a kind in the region and in the world for such a unique display and extravagant outdoor recreational destination.

A flower garden is not expected in the desert, yet there is a huge garden in Dubai since 2013. In the Miracle Garden Dubai you can see over 45 million flowers in about 60 different species, some even to be planted for the first time in the Gulf region.

The best thing about the Miracle Garden Dubai is that you will find more than just flowers and plants. You can also admire numerous other objects like the world's largest floral clock, various cars decorated with flowers,  a replica of the Burj Khalifa built from oranges and other much more. A large number of works is exchanging each season so the park is always a …

You Have To Visit In a Lifetime

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden - Florida US

In Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden  conserve and teach a lot of tropical plants. The garden’s Center for Tropical Plant Conservation has conserved many group of plants from different places like South Florida, the Caribbean, Oceanic Islands, tropical Africa and Madagascar. The Garden is also the laeding centar of palm research. It research palms for about 70 years.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Jardin Majorelle - Marrakech Morocco

The Majorelle Garden is all in blue color which make it a different from the other botanical gardens. The Garden is created by Jacques Majorelle in 1920s. Today its owner is a famous fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

The garden covers nearly two and a half acres. Collections of cacti, exotic plants and trees are landscaped to emphasize each one’s unique beauty. The paths allow us to see how the architectural style …

Madeira - celebrating springtime

In Madeira, springtime is honoured like a queen, being crowned with the Flower Festival, held every year after Easter.

In celebrating springtime and the exuberance of the flowers that typically bloom in that season, and here with even greater intensity due to Madeira’s subtropical climate, Funchal is the setting for a truly sumptuous spectacle, the city’s Flower Festival.

The festivities begin on the Saturday, when thousands of children dressed in the appropriate fashion flock to the Praça do Município to take part in the building of a mural of flowers - the Wall of Hope.

The next day, dozens of floats decorated with a myriad of the island’s most typical flowers leave the scent of gentle but ephemeral perfumes in the air - it is time for the Flower Parade. At the same time, to mark the occasion, Madeiran artists devote their time to building unforgettable …

How To Make This Elegant Coffee Filter Rose

Coffee filters are wonderfully delicate looking and absorbent ~ perfect for dying! Use water colours or watered down acrylic paint for a more intense colour or food coloring and natural dyes such as beetroot or tea for a vintage, yellowy brownish aged effect.

Source and photo credits: http://indulgy.com/

How To Make This Elegant Coffee Filter Rose QUICK

There are so many ways to make tissue paper rose. This rose is made with coffee filters that I got at the dollar store. All you need is coffee filters, scissors and some kind of glue.
I love paper crafts and making paper roses and flowers. Well I love any kind of crafts to be honest. I've been doing crafts since I was young and

Sunflower van Gogh - The story behind a masterpiece

The famous Sunflower van Gogh are the subject of still life paintings from the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. This painting is a depiction of a vase of 15 sunflowers at a yellow background. All sunflowers are already out of the bud. This painting was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 in Arles.

Vincent's life

Vincent van Gogh was born in 1853 in the village of Zundert - Holland. In 1869 he started as a clerk in an art trade from his uncle. He worked there for seven years and sometimes he had to go to another branch in London or Paris. At the age of 28 he began seriously with drawing and painting. Around 1885 painted Vincent van Gogh the famous painting  "The Potato Eaters"

In 1886 he goes to Paris. In 1888 he moves to the …

Italy's Best Infiorata Festivals

During May and June, Infiorata festivals are held in various Italian towns and are definitely a must to see, if you are planning to visit one of the many regions where these festivals take place. From North to South, there are various options to make sure you will not miss this experience during your next trip to Italy in late spring-early summer.
We chose three Infiorate festivals in particular, Noto, Genzano and Spello.

The Infiorata Festivals are held in various parts of Italy, besides Noto in Sicily, Spello in Umbria and Genzano in Lazio, you can visit similar festivals in Pienza in Tuscany, Orvieto in Umbria, Potenzoni di Briatico in Calabria, Brugnato in Liguria, The Abbey of Chiaravalle della Colomba in Fidenza, Emilia Romagna.

Spello’s Fabulous Celebration of Flower

The feast of Corpus Domini (the Body of Christ) is one of the most spectacular …

1 Island – 4 Seasons – 365 Days of Nature Experience in a Flower Paradise

 
Take a break, enjoy nature and relax: Mainau Island in Lake Constance offers lavish nature experiences each season. Spring signals the start into the Flower Year with thousands of tulips and other spring flowers; hundreds of rhododendrons and fragrant roses sweeten the summer. Over 12.000 colorful dahlias of all varieties make fall unforgettable, while an enchanting hush turns Mainau into a magical winter garden during the colder months. Throughout the whole year, Mainau Island invites its visitors to forget their hectic everyday life and turn their attention to the beauty and tranquility of nature.

Count Lennart Bernadotte transformed the once overgrown island and castle park in Lake Constance into a botanical garden during the 1950s, nowadays it is one of the main tourist attractions in the Lake Constance region, a place of relaxation …

Plants from around the world create an exotic looking woodland with unusual epiphytic plants on the trees.

The Glasshouse is a state of the art building which celebrated 10 years in 2017. Covering the area of 10 tennis courts and rising to 12m (40ft) high, it is home to the RHS’s world-class tender plant collection . It is divided into three climatic zones; tropical, moist temperate and dry temperate.

Entering the Glasshouse is like walking into a jungle - tree ferns, tall palms, lush-leaved creepers and dazzling flower displays give a feeling of lushness and drama. As you follow the path, the environment and climate changes gradually, taking you on a tour through the world of plants, including many difficult to grow, rare and endangered species. Plants such as violet passion flowers, mysore clock vine, the tail flower and Jacob's coat 'Hoffmamnii' can be found here, maybe some …

The Rose parade is one of the community's favorite events!
The annual parade features more than 120 entries including custom floats for the Queen and her court.
It also includes marching bands, walking groups, drill teams, mounted horse clubs, and vintage cars.

In the earlier years of the parade, rose growers supplied hundreds of dozens of rose blooms, and garden clubs worked through the night before the parade to decorate floats using the roses.
Today, rose growers still offer blooms and volunteers still help decorate floats with live roses.

The parade will assemble at Front Street and Glenwood Boulevard, and then follow a route west on Front Street, through the East Texas State Fairgrounds and ended inside Rose Stadium.

The Fair brings together the West Midlands finest collection of wedding suppliers. Every detail is covered from bridalwear to favors, cakes to cars, venues to stationery, entertainment to accessories, venue dressing to menswear, photography to florists, bridesmaid dresses to hair and beauty…and everything in between.

On top of a wide variety of exhibitors, catering to all your wedding needs, there is an assortment of fantastic features to leave you buzzing with ideas for your big day. A day out at the Fair will give you all of this and much more

Toronto Flower Market celebrates and supports Ontario grown flowers & plants, connecting growers and florists directly with the city. Together, we raise awareness about flower varieties grown locally in fields and greenhouses while cultivating a passionate local flower community.

Founded in May 2013, Toronto Flower Market created the city’s first outdoor flower market. The market season runs monthly from May through October, with special collaborations sprouting up throughout the year.

Natasa Kajganic was inspired to create Toronto Flower Market after a visit to London’s Columbia Road. A vision of stalls bursting with fresh blooms in Toronto’s public spaces was planted in her mind and has kept growing ever since.

Displays and talks about conifer care and use. Find out about conifers for every size and aspect of garden as well as a show of cones and photographs.
Experts from the Conifer Society will be on hand for a friendly chat and advice.
Plant societies are full of friendly enthusiasts who are keen to share their enjoyment and knowledge of their favourite plants - as well as the more serious business of improving the understanding, cultivation and conservation of these plants.

There are plant societies for almost every plant group you can think of, so whether you like a mass of colour, love plants for shade, sun, drought, tiny containers, huge space fillers, or just have an absolutely favourite plant that you can’t live without, there will be a plant society waiting to welcome you with open arms. They have websites that offer advice, information and photo collections, …

Admire the breathtaking beauty of vivid ginkgo and maple leaves!

Mitake Gorge Autumn Colors Festival takes place along the 4-kilometer-long trails lining the upstream banks of the Tamagawa River. Take a casual stroll and admire the breathtaking beauty of vivid ginkgo and maple leaves overhanging the clear waters selected as one of Japan’s 100 Best Water Sources. Various events are organized throughout the community, like the illuminated giant ginkgo tree at Gyokudo Art Museum, fair stalls, a photography exhibition of the Taisho and Showa periods (1912–89), a nature observation tour, and academic hiking.

Experience our most intensively cultivated display featuring more chrysanthemums than ever before!

More than 17,000 chrysanthemums were nurtured and trained, some for more than a year, by our horticulturists to resemble balls, spirals, columns, pagodas, and more. Chrysanthemum Festival is the largest display of exhibition chrysanthemums in the United States. The star of the show, the Thousand Bloom Mum, boasts more than 1,500 perfectly arranged yellow flowers on one plant and is the largest grown outside of Asia.

The festival featured 45 diverse and inspiring gardens, 12 gardens of significance, 10 new gardens and more than a dozen exciting events. Of the 45 gardens, 40 were private gardens open exclusively for the duration of the festival.
Showcasing some of the most outstanding gardens, parks and open spaces in New Zealand, the Festival includes the highest number of gardens of National and Regional Significance in the country.
The festival runs over 10 days and is more than just a garden trail. Visitors can experience the gardens, chat and learn from the gardeners, attend workshops, tours, listen to celebrity speakers.

On entering the show visitors immersed in a tropical paradise with an array of species suitable for indoor use such as ivies, palms and ferns. A second inspirational installation featured popular dry plants such as cacti and succulents, which are easy to keep and need little maintenance.

There is a chance to ask the experts about caring for plants whatever your level of knowledge, and to get cultivation tips on keeping them healthy all year round. In addition, you could check out plant accessories to create an impressive display from some of London’s hottest new horticultural brands.

The Show featured seminars on topics ranging from social media for gardeners to growing various kinds of houseplants and how plants can be used in the urban settings, along with curated tours of our Lindley Library exhibit on the City Gardener, which covered the delights and challenges of urban gardening through the ages.

Chrysanthemum exhibitions are held throughout Japan in the autumn. Among these, the Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Chrysanthemum Exhibition - which has been held since 1915 - is known as Japan's foremost chrysanthemum exhibition for the quality and amount of its flowers.

This exhibition will feature approximately 1.200 masterpieces in one building, including ogiku chrysanthemum grown in trays, cut ogiku chrysanthemum, bonsai, Edogiku chrysanthemum, kengai-style bonsai, daruma- and fukusuke-style flowers, flowers for practical use, and more. Visitors can also see chrysanthemum decorations such as osugi-style flowers and cushion mum plants.

The purpose of providing a place for many people, including local residents, to enjoy viewing elegant chrysanthemum flowers at Hibiya Park is to promote the tourism industry and stimulate the region. In addition, seedlings will be sold and explanations given of cultivation methods to promote chrysanthemums, improve cultivation technologies, and increase awareness of afforestation.

The festival is open around November till December in every year because it is the period when the sunflowers are in full bloom. The festival highlights include photography, scenic, train / bicycle in the sunflower field, the distribution of OTOP products, such as tours of soldiers living in the wild for recreational boating, tires, etc.

The biggest sunflower fields in Thailand
Lopburi province is home to the biggest sunflower fields of Thailand. Thousands of acres are filled with this beautiful bright yellow flower, that is in blossom between November and January. The largest field is located in Phatthana Nikom district, a little over 40 kilometers East of the provincial capital. Although a beautiful sight that has become a tourist attraction, the sunflowers are grown to produce sunflower oil used for cooking and for their seeds, that are eaten as a snack.

Features flowers in a variety of distinctive colors set up in unique decorative patterns in the garden!

The Chrysanthemum beds at Shinjuku Gyoen is a series of flower beds arranged under the hut called Uwaya set up along walking path, and features flowers in a variety of distinctive colors set up in unique decorative patterns in the garden. Chrysanthemums are said to have first arrived in Japan sometime between the end of Nara Period (710-794) and the start of the Heian Period (794-1192). Afterward, Japanese cultivars were further developed in the Muromachi Period (1338-1573) and Edo Period (1603-1867), and in 1878, the Imperial Household Ministry, organized the first chrysanthemum exhibition in Akasaka Palace. Although the chrysanthemums on display were originally cultivated in the Akasaka Palace, chrysanthemums began to be cultivated at Shinjuku Gyoen as well starting in 1904. This chrysanthemum viewing event has been conducted at Shinjuku Gyoen since 1929.

The Bunkyo Chrysanthemum Festival is held at Yushima Tenjin Shrine, which is widely known as the deity of scholarship.

Approximately 2.000 chrysanthemum plants carefully grown by flower lovers bloom in the spacious shrine precincts, creating a colorful and overwhelming scene. The focus of the exhibition is dolls made from chrysanthemum flowers (which are unusual in Tokyo) and skillful potted plants known as "Ozukuri," including dome-shaped displays, chrysanthemums that look as if they are "falling" from a cliff, and tray landscapes. Why not visit to spend a relaxing time gazing at the beautiful chrysanthemums and experiencing the elegant atmosphere of autumn.

Flora Park has been opened since November – March for 5 months, which is longer than average. This is because Flora Park is now semi – permanent park with several auspicious plants such as Pink cassia, Cassia grandis, Cassia fistula, Spathodea campanulata that have been flourishing to greet the visitors throughout the year. For an empty space, it has been blended with gardening since 2010 – 2012 with new idea and concept as another element in Flora Park. In the front, 2 of 15 meter height fountain has been built in the pool with sizing of 20 meter by 10 meter long together with rose farm behind the fountains as the photo landmark in front of Coffee Ozone and D-Spot.

You can find many different zones in the Flora Park as followings:

ZONE 1 is approximately half of the area of Flora Park consists of auspicious plants such as Pink …

Have you ever imagined the sound of blooming?

People nowadays are busy working, which not only exhausts them, but also blinds their minds. At the same time, “happiness” is like the silence of blooming. We miss its beautiful blooming period accidentally due to our busy life. We may have richer lives, but our minds and souls are being emptied.

Therefore, with the holding of 2018 Taichung World Flora Exposition, we invite citizens to reflect on the intimate relationship between humanity and Mother Nature and listen carefully to the messages conveyed by Mother Nature.

The Taichung World Flora Exposition, also known as the Taichung Flora Expo, will be held between November 3, 2018 and April 24, 2019 for 173 days in Taichung City, Republic of China (Taiwan). The exposition received the recognition of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) as an A2/B1 class international horticultural exposition.

The Taichung …

A celebrated destination for admiring koyo, or the red and yellow leaves of autumn!

Koyo Autumn Leaves Festival takes place at Showa Kinen Park, a celebrated destination for admiring koyo, or the red and yellow leaves of autumn. The two ginkgo-lined avenues, in the Canal and the Sports Area, offer the spectacular view of golden yellow foliage against the autumn sky and a blanket of fallen leaves covering the ground. And the maples in the Japanese Garden turn a fiery red to enhance the beauty of the traditional landscape architecture. Various events are organized, including a nature observation tour, guided tour of the Japanese Garden, and tea ceremony.

Dubai Miracle Garden: The world’s biggest natural flower garden!

Miracle Garden Dubai – in Arabic: دبي معجزة حديقة – is one of a kind in the region and in the world for such a unique display and extravagant outdoor recreational destination.

A flower garden is not expected in the desert, yet there is a huge garden in Dubai since 2013. In the Miracle Garden Dubai you can see over 45 million flowers in about 60 different species, some even to be planted for the first time in the Gulf region.

Please watch out for spectacular natural flowers in different designs structures! Credit to the owner of the video, thank you for making Dubai Miracle Garden as your one of your dream place to visit!

WHY VISIT THE IFTF COMING NOVEMBER!

IFTF is the International Floriculture Trade Fair and on this platform, the world floriculture industry gets together every year in Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands. Launched in 2010, this 3 day trade exhibition promotes the trade of fresh flowers & plants, while aiming to increase production and consumption at the same time.

With over 3,000 exhibiting and visiting companies from over 115 different countries, it has become one of the largest and most important trade shows of its kind in the world. With the recent extension of the venue where IFTF is being held, available exhibit space has been enlarged from 12,000 m2 to 22,000 m2.

Florists, a new visitors group

IFTF strives to show the total chain of the fresh flowers & plants industry and therefore has added florists into its visitors promotion campaign since 2015. In close cooperation with Green Team Consultancy+ (www.greenteamconsultancy.com) the …

Nelmac Garden Marlborough has been described as New Zealand's premier garden festival.
A springtime celebration of Marlborough's stunning landscape, it showcases the very best the region has to offer with a series of garden tours, garden themed workshops and social events.

We look forward to welcoming you to Marlborough.

Tonnes to see and do
The full-day and half-day garden tours encompass everything from compact designer gardens in the heart of Blenheim to breath-taking country estates. Take the opportunity to brush up on your skills and horticultural knowledge by learning from New Zealand and international gardening experts.

The festival culminates with the Garden Fete held in the picturesque Seymour Square, with over 200 stall holders offering the very best New Zealand produce. Entrance to the Fete is free so bring the family and enjoy a full day's entertainment.

GARDEN TOURS
We will take you to the paradise of …

Please enjoy 1000 varieties of fragrant roses.

Autumn roses are small but strongly fragrant and lustrous. You can take your time to appreciate the beautiful, fragrant and pleasing roses one by one under the autumn sky.

2 spots of autumn Roses

Art garden
I'ts full of the frangrance of 1000 varieties of autumn roses.

'Art garden', the largest garden in the park, whre you can enjoy about 1000 varieties of roses. In addition, at night, it's decorated with beautiful illuminations, so you can see the fantastic scenery completely different from the daytime.

Rose garden of palace Huis ten Bosch
The Rose garden is located in front of the palace Huis Ten Bosch, a palace in a perfect reproduction of the royal palace of the Netherlands. Beautiful and noble roses such as the rose named after celebrities and imperial families bloom beautifuly.

Night Rose
The night fantastcally lights …

“Flowers have always been an attractive piece of art by nature. They brighten up our gloomy days and add colors to our dull world.”

Flowers are beautiful in their ephemerality.Here today, and gone tomorrow, their impermanence somehow captures our imagination.
We pluck them to put in our homes, take photos of them and even dry them as keepsakes. Yet, flowers have been a mainstay on the site of the Xinshe Sea of Flowers since as early as 1913, when the Japanese government used it as a nursery dedicated to improving the yield of plant species. At the end of the Japanese occupation, the locals continued to work with plants until today.

The Xinshe Sea of Flowers is a rare window of opportunity to commune with flowers near the center of busy Taichung. Held every late November to early December, this two to four week flower exhibition attracts thousands …

THE CHRISTMAS GARDEN
After the last years resounding success, when streams of visitors immersed themselves for the first time into the magic glittering Christmas world of the Christmas Garden Berlin, the journey now continues.

AS TWILIGHT FALLS, THE MAGIC BEGINS
The Botanic Garden as a shining dream forest in a festive garment. Under the glittering 100-year-old weeping beech, on the Bridge of Wishes or looking at the shimmering snowflake pond. The circular trail stretches along 2km and our 30 highlights invite you to reflect and spend valuable time with your loved ones.
We are only using renewable energy for our 1,500,000 twinkling lights.

EXPERIENCE THE CHRISTMAS GARDEN
Christmas Garden is an oasis in berlin winters where families, friends and romantice canenjoy he festive atmosphere

PURE CONTEMPLATION
Eloborately designed festive scenes narrate stories of reindeers, angels or Santa Claus so not only children´s eyes will sparkle …

The annual electrical extravaganza features spectacular light displays throughout the Garden, including the new high-tech Nature's Wonders, illuminating the world's natural phenomena through countless strands of synchronized dancing lights strung high over Storza Woods.

Explore the Walk of Flames and Tunnel of Light along with favorites such as the Orchestral Orbs, Glittering Galaxy, Radiant Rainforest, and Model Trains that continue to make the exhibition a must-see holiday tradition.

Friday & Saturday: 5 - 11 p.m.
Sunday - Thursday: 5 - 10 p.m.

Be immersed in the world's largest synchronized curtain of lights during Garden Lights, Holiday Nights! 1,600 strings of lights that contain more than 70,000 color changing LED light pixels hang above the Canopy Walk choreographed to music and sound effects.

The annual illumination event highlights the fiery red leaves against the night sky, against the grandeur of the garden!

Rikugien Gardens is a classic example of daimyo teien, or feudal lord’s garden from the Edo Period (1603–1868). Built by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a chamberlain of the fifth shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the stroll garden with artificial hills and ponds is designed to reflect famous scenes from waka poetry. Designated as a cultural property, and in 1953 as a special place of scenic beauty, the garden is also one of the best spots in Tokyo for admiring the autumn foliage. The annual illumination event highlights the fiery red leaves against the night sky, against the grandeur of the garden. Note that parts of the garden are closed after 16:30 for the safety of the visitors.