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Bangkok’s biggest flower fest is back

Flora Festival in Honour of Her Majesty the Queen Mother brings 150,000 blooms to the city

Fitri Aelang
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Fitri Aelang
Staff writer, Time Out Thailand
Bangkok’s biggest flower fest is back
Photograph: Bangkok BMA
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August in Thailand is all about honouring mothers and honestly, what says ‘I love you, Mum’ better than a day out surrounded by flowers? If you’re looking for the perfect excuse to escape the smog, ditch the malls and actually hang out with your mum (or your bestie, boo, grandma or just your plant-obsessed self), Flora Festival in Honour of Her Majesty the Queen Mother is calling your name.

From August 8-13, Bangkok’s biggest floral fest with over 150,000 flowers takes place at Pupha Mahanatee Garden – the capital’s newest garden right next to Queen Sirikit Park in Chatuchak.  This year’s festival returns with exhibits and plenty of reasons to linger. Scenery is guaranteed to fit your feed, or mum’s new LINE profile pic while the festival’s packed with stalls selling fruit, flowers, handmade crafts, hilltribe produce, royal project veggies and the kind of garden tools your mum will low-key lose her mind over. There’s also live music, art workshops and community crafts if you feel like getting your hands dirty. 

The main event is The National Orchid Design Competition, held under this year’s theme ‘Orchids for a Sustainable World.’ Winners will receive trophies presented on behalf of Her Majesty and royal patrons. But beyond the flowers, photo-ops and shopping, this fest is really about something sweeter. In a city of concrete and chaos, a quiet garden in full bloom is a gentle reminder: some of life’s most beautiful things grow slowly, quietly and with a whole lot of love – kind of like motherhood itself.

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