Garden | Nong Prachak Flower Garden Udon Thani
Nong Prachak flower garden in Udon Thani Thailand is a wonderful place to sit and spend time with the family. The gardens are made up by a number of individual islands each of which have different themes and different types of flowers. Visitors to these flower gardens usually rent a small rowing boat (around 100 baht or $3 for 3 hours) to explore the tiny islands in the artificial lake. The waters are full of coy-carp and catfish and the waterways are littered with many types of lilies growing in the water. The scent of the lilies is overwhelming, Visitors can see many varieties of butterflies flying around the flower gardens. The butterflies are not trapped by nets and stay in the gardens simply due to the number of flowers and plants for them.
Visitors to Udon Thani heading from the south are often taken aback by the dry and baron landscape, compared to other parts of Thailand. Udon Thani has a hotter climate and less mountains, soil and land erosion are a contast battle for farmers in the area trying to make a living for their families. Flowers found growing here are those that are better suited to a dryer climate. Shady areas makes it possible to grow roses and other flowers which are sensitive to the heat of the day .
Udon Thani flowers garden is best know for its many varieties of roses, which can be found growing in shady areas in the park. Other flowers growing in abundance here include gerbera flowers and stargazer lilies. The stargazers are one of the most fragrant types of lilies growing and they can be found throughout the waterways that connect the floral islands together.
Flowers in these gardens are watered from the lake, a complex and automatic sprinker system automatically sprays the flowers every evening. It is a beautiful sight too see the water fountains slashing up from the lake creating an artificial rainbow in the right conditions.
To reach Nong Prachak flower garden from Udon Thani take the Sontaew from route 44. Ask the driver to stop near to the Tesco and then walk behind the old waterhouse. You will see signposts for Nong Prachak. Alternatively take a tuk-tuk, there are no metered taxis in Udon Thani. Expect to pay around 100 baht from Udon Thani town center to the flower gardens.
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