Flower gardens

Flower garden in the clouds

December 2, 2021 by vietnamnet.vn

Every year when autumn comes, Ta Chi Nhu Mountain in Tram Tau District, Yen Bai Province, turns into a colourful flower garden.

Sitting at a height of 2,979 metres above sea level, the peak of the mountain at that time is fully coated with ‘chi pau’, a wild flower shaded with a blend of pink and lilac colours.

‘Chi pau’ flowers bloom at the foot of a rotten tree.

Trekkers resting on a rocky ledge.

Trekkers to Ta Chi Nhu this season can admire the picturesque view of a flower garden in the clouds.

Horses freely wandering in the flower field.

The pure beauty of nature.

Clouds linger over a flower field.

Hai Duong – Phong Son (Nhan Dan)

700 m Saigon flower street boosts Tet fever

February 8, 2021 by e.vnexpress.net

Spring-themed Phu My Hung flower street is located along Ton Dat Tien Street in District 7.

According to the organizers, due to Covid-19, the scale of the flower extravaganza this year is not as grand as in previous years, but it still provides ample room for social distancing.

The flower street boasts mini recreations of Tet across Vietnam, with countryside depicted by a small rice field and flower garden.

The Lunar New Year (Tet), Vietnam’s biggest holiday, peaks on Feb. 12.

The entire area is decorated with colorful flowers to bolster the Tet atmosphere.

Models of savory sticky rice cakes (banh chung) and cylindric glutinous rice cakes (banh tet), two traditional Tet dishes.

A mini model of famous Ben Thanh Market, a must-go destination for any tourist in Saigon.

Visitors take photos with a model of Hoi An ancient town, a UNESCO world heritage site in central Vietnam.

Before returning to her hometown in Tien Giang Province, 20-year-old Phuong Hoa visited the flower street with a group of friends dressed in a red ao dai.

“This is the first time I have visited the flower street. I came early to avoid the crowds. The scenes here are beautifully decorated with all kinds of flowers,” Hoa said.

This year, the flower street also has images of Lunar New Year celebrations in other countries.

The Korean New Year area is decorated with signature items like five-color silk ribbons, a buk drum and lucky cloth bags.

Phuong Nghi poses next to a model of a sakura tree, a symbol of Japan.

The Chinese New Year area has a house model decorated with red lanterns and Chinese characters written on the door.

An aerial shot of the flower street and Ban Nguyet Lake of Phu My Hung urban area. The flower street will be opened until Feb. 16.

HCMC has recorded six Covid-19 community transmission cases since the country’s latest outbreak began on Jan. 28. after 55 clean days.

HCMC opens Binh Dien Tet flower market

February 9, 2021 by english.thesaigontimes.vn

Culture

HCMC opens Binh Dien Tet flower market

By Pham Vu

Tuesday, Feb 9, 2021,12:16 (GMT+7)

HCMC opens Binh Dien Tet flower market

By Pham Vu

Flowers are put on sale at the Binh Dien Tet flower market – PHOTOS: PHAM VU

HCMC – Saigon Trading Group (Satra) officially held an opening ceremony for the Binh Dien Tet flower market at Binh Dien Commercial Center in HCMC’s District 8 last night, February 8.

The Tet flower market, which features 280 stands selling various flowers from Ben Tre, Dong Thap, Tien Giang and flower gardeners in HCMC for the Tet holiday, is set to close its door on February 11, or the 30th of lunar December.

The highlight of this year’s Tet flower market is the “Memory about the Netherlands” miniature which shows the friendship and solidarity between Vietnam and the Netherlands.

Following are some photos taken at the Binh Dien Tet flower market in HCMC’s District 8.

The “Memory about the Netherlands” miniature at the Binh Dien Tet flower market in District 8

The gate of the Binh Dien Tet flower market

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Saigon floating flower market abuzz ahead of Tet

February 10, 2021 by e.vnexpress.net

The market , located next to Tau Hu – Ben Nghe C anal in District 8 , only lasts from Feb . 6 to 11. It attracts about 500 gardeners from many provinces like Ben Tre, Tien Giang and Vinh Long, bringing ornamental flowers here to sell.

The gardeners said all kinds of Tet flowers have been transported to Saigon since Feb . 1, culminating in the floating flower market.

Tet , Lunar New Year, Vietnam’s biggest holiday, peaks on Feb. 12.

Binh Dong W harf is bustling with crowds shopping for Tet flowers. The flower market has been held here regularly since 1975.

Tuan from Ben Tre Province transfers flower pots onto shore to sell .

“For over eight years, I have been buying and selling Tet flowers at this wharf. This year is more difficult due to the Covid-19 pandemic but I still hope to sell some flowers to recover my investment,” he said.

Thuy Hanh (left) and her son from District 8 negotiat e over a pot of bougainvillea.

“This year , I bought a bougainvillea tree for VND2 million ($87) for Tet display, and then replant next year,” Hanh said.

Boats carrying colorful flowers and ornamental plants from across the Mekong Delta flock to Binh Dong W harf to serve urban clientele.

Yellow mai is one of the main ornamental flowers sold here.

“This year, I brought about 200 yellow mai trees, priced from VND1 million to VND30 million ($1,300),” said Bao Trung (right) from Ben Tre Province.

Ba Ha from Ben Tre said: “Ward 14, District 8 is considered a second home to me because for over 30 years , I have been carrying ornamental flowers here every Tet . I stay here from Feb . 1 to 11 then return home.”

To keep the flowers fresh, gardeners use fresh water to care for them. A 100-liter barrel costs about VND20,000-30,000 ($0.9-1.3).

Thanh Nga brought about 300 pots of daisy from Ben Tre to the market. She said this year many garden owners did not bring flowers to Saigon for sale because of Covid-19.

“If they cannot sell the yellow mai flower s this year, they will still be able to sell them next year. But the daisy is not like that,” Nga said .

Yellow mai flowers are best-seller s in this market. At Binh Dong W harf, the price for yellow mai ranges from a few hundred thousand dong to nearly 100 million a tree (VND100,000 = $4.4).

Sellers from Ben Tre take a rest on their boat in the late afternoon.

The gardeners said this year out of 200 yellow mai pots in a garden they could only select more than 100 standard ones to sell at this market.

Bac Ha blossoms with flowering plum trees

February 10, 2021 by dtinews.vn

The blooming plum tree gardens in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province, have attracted many young people to the area.

According to the local people, it’s been a while since they have seen such beautiful blossom season. The number of tourists would have been massive without Covid-19 as many people love to take check-in selfies with the flowers and explore the architecture of Hoang A Tuong Palace.

Bac Ha, along with Moc Chau, is famous for the plum flower trees. The flowers bloom for a week then wither and produce fruits. The tours to visit plum tree gardens in Bac Ha have always sold well.

Some photos of the plum garden:

Children play under the trees

Plum trees bloom in spring

Saigon mother finds peace, not profit, at urban garden

February 13, 2021 by tuoitrenews.vn

A beautiful and abundant urban garden requires 1 percent green thumb and 99 percent hard work. This is my conclusion after visiting the wonderful garden of Bui Thuong, a Binh Tan district resident and mother of an eight-month-old baby.

The moment you set foot in Thuong’s front yard, you are greeted by a row of 13 beautiful sunflowers, all lined-up to greet you amid Tet, the Vietnamese New Year holiday. Flowers are one of the necessary items for the proper atmosphere during Tet for Vietnamese. For most people, these flowers can be purchased from the market. For Thuong, the sunflowers were a well-planned project that started 65 days ago.

This is the second Tet that Thuong has grown her own flowers. Sunflowers need about 70 days to grow until they blossom, so Thuong scheduled hers with this knowledge and some personal adjustments based on her own experience.

Many of her friends have asked to buy the flowers she grows, but Thuong prefers to grow things for herself instead of for money.

Tomatoes from a previous year on Thuong’s rooftop

Along with sunflowers, Thuong loves to grow tomatoes since they produce so many delicious fuits, and she has plenty of red, yellow, and green varieties throughout her garden. On her rooftop, where she can have eight to 10 hours of sun light, Thuong grows roses, many kinds of herbs, kale, cantaloupe, cabbages, and many more tasty things for her family.

Thuong’s love story with gardening started in 2015. Although she was not lucky enough to have a villa with a garden space on the ground to grow things, Thuong soon found that her balcony and rooftop could host her dream garden with some effort and planning.

As the saying goes: practice makes perfect, Thuong admits that she is not looking for perfection, but her garden is the result of non-stop learning by doing, and it involved many failed attempts over the years. Through this trial and error, Thuong created her own growing pots, designed a watering system, made her own organic fertilizers, and accomplished many other things.

When her son was two months old, Thuong went back to working on her garden.

“My life changed completely with a baby. I am busy, of course, but I decided to manage my time better to continue gardening. It is a small pleasure that I am not willing to give up,” she explained.

Typically, the day of this young mother starts at 2:00 am. At this time, she gets up to pump her milk for 45 minutes so she can feed her baby later. Then, she tries to get back to sleep for a little bit longer. Depending on her husband’s schedule, she may get up again at 3:00 am, if he will be busy for the day.

Squash hanging on the vine in Thuong’s rooftop garden

While it is still dark, Thuong will spend two hours in the garden, and then another one or two hours later in the evening when her husband returns. In the day time, she does housework and takes care of her son.

When asked whether or not a successful harvest saves her money, the answer might surprise many people. Though Thuong now grows an abundance of healthy produce for her family, she admits that she probably spent more than VND200 million ($8,685) to get to where she is now.

Explaining to Tuoi Tre News why she continues to garden, Thuong said “homegrown organic vegetables are not cheap. I make my fertilizer at home from eggs, milk, and bananas, which adds to the expense. However, I see this as a hobby, and a positive addiction. I want to grow pesticide-free vegetables for the health of my family, but gardening helps me in other ways too. When I am in the garden, I smile to myself and all the stresses and any tired feeling I have disappears.”

In this day and age, it’s hard to put a price on anything with such benefits.