Shanghai Flower Port

Spring is a wonderful time of year here is Shanghai. Spring comes early with the cherry blossoms arriving mid to end of March and the tulips popping up in early April. The Shanghai Flower Port is a 28-hectare exhibition area featuring tulips and bulbs in the spring, aquatic flowers in the summer and  chrysanthemums in the fall. Opened in September 2002, it is an hour car ride southeast of Shanghai sitting very near to the East China Sea.  It is a very well designed theme park with small lakes, winding paths, wonderfully planned flower beds,  windmills, and beautiful views, it has a relaxing and peaceful setting with fresh sea breezes. Over 3.2 million tulips imported directly from the Netherlands have been planted with more than 500 species including hyacinths as well as other blooms. ME and I and ME's colleague, Joyce, visited the park the first Sunday in April and were pleasantly surprised and very impressed. It reminded us of the Keukenhof Garden in the Netherlands. We walked for several hours around the grounds, below are some pictures that did not quite capture the beauty of the park.   

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