FX.co ★ Symphony of flowers: 5 amazing flower parks in world

Dubai Miracle Garden (UAE)

The first place among the impressive flower areas gets the Asian garden located in the United Arab Emirates. This fantastic oasis size of a small European city (72 thousand square meters) stretches in the middle of the sultry desert. Dubai Miracle Garden is filled with flower houses, cars, animals, and pyramids of plants. From October to May, the Dubai Miracle Garden blooms with over 45 million different flowers. According to the staff, the garden's floral palette includes about 60 shades. Winding colored paths stretching for 4 km surround numerous arches, geometric flowerbeds, and landscape compositions. One of the most striking exhibits is the flower clock, which entered the Guinness Book of Records. In addition, the park has a 10-meter pyramid and an 800-meter-long miniature replica of the Chinese Wall made of roses, orchids, and azaleas.

Keukenhof Gardens (Netherlands)

The Dutch Keukenhof is one of the unique flowering spring gardens. It contains over 7 million bulbs of different flowers, including tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths. This royal park, located in the Dutch town of Lisse, is considered the most popular in the world. Visitors to the garden can enjoy a walking tour or navigate it by bicycle. On the territory of 32 hectares of Koekenhof, almost 5 million tulips of different varieties bloom every year. In addition, there are roses, orchids, daffodils, lilacs, hyacinths, and crocuses. The best time to visit the garden is from March to the end of May. In April, the park annually hosts a parade of flowers, which is unparalleled in terms of the complexity of the presented compositions.

Kawachi Fuji Garden (Japan)

An honorable third place in this ranking goes to the original Japanese Kawachi Fuji Garden. The unique park filled with bright blue, purple, mauve, and pink flowers is a few hours from Tokyo. Thousands of rare plants from around the planet can be found here. The mesmerizing Wisteria Tunnel made up of dangling wisteria plants has made the garden extremely popular. An arch of such plants formed on the basis of white, pink, and lilac wisteria, extends for many kilometers, forming mazes and cozy corridors, which cover the centuries-old trees. The Japanese consider it a paradise on earth. They also believe that a garden is not perfect if it does not contain at least one wisteria.

The Butchart Gardens (Canada)

More than 100 years ago, Robert Pym Butchart and his wife Jenny planted a small flower garden near their home. The couple was mining and exploring nearby limestone deposits in Owen Sound, Ontario. In 1909, when the quarry was exhausted, Butchart and his wife decided to beautify the sunken landscape and turn it into a garden. Designer Isaburo Kishida landscaped the park. He recreated the atmosphere of a secluded Japanese garden in Canadian and complemented it with traditional elements: babbling streams, waterfalls, and neat wooden bridges. The Butchart Gardens is now a Canadian national treasure. The area is now open to visitors year-round. Seasonal flowers and plants alternate, so it is cozy and colorful here at any time of year.

Provence (France)

Provence, a park in France, is closing the list of the top 5 amazing flower parks of the world. Its fields will hardly leave anyone indifferent. From late June to mid-August, this area becomes a tourist mecca for flower lovers. Sentimental travelers from all over the world come to France to stroll along sprawling olive groves and be inspired by the charm of the endless lavender fields. Notably, lavender grows in nearly every garden in Provence but most of the plants are concentrated in specially cultivated fields. The fragrant sea of blue-purple flowers is located in the north of the region. According to experts, delightful views of the purple infinity can be found in the Drome Provence, Vaucluse, and Haute Provence areas.