The Play La Ploen Resort in Buriram welcomes summer with a Vintage Garden Festival that runs until May 31.
The full address is 252 Hnong ka-marn Road, Khu Mueang, Buriram, 3119o. Tel:0923677883.
The event showcases a varirty of brightly coloured flowers and plants, including hyacinths and daffodils with the highlight being jumbo hydrangeas making their first appearance in Asia.
The botanical park is divided into six zones. They include the temperature-controlled Seasonal Plants house that’s hone to magnolia up to 5 metres tall, azaleas, camellias, rosemary and maple trees.
The Prehistoric zone juxtaposes statues of dinosaurs with more than 80 species of ferns including such rare strains as Tree fern, Bear Paw, Fern Luk Kai and Fern Khoa Keang as well as petrified wood millions of years old.
The Colour of Nature greenhouse is separated into two themes – a land area displaying exotic bromeliads, carnivorous plants and other plants in shapes of peacocks, parrots, and ladybirds and an ocean corner featuring many species of fish and corals.
(Source:The Nation,Thailand)