What a beautiful park! Unfortunately, I lived too far away from it to have known about it, the biggest park being the one for the Queen near Mo Chit BTS Station. I can see why you like to go there often.

Gorgeous images! It seems sort of ironic picturing going from Seacon Square with all the new gadgets, cds and gizmos bought into a beautiful garden-like park. There are plenty of trash cans around to through away your plastic wrappings?

i think this is the place that my friend who works as a Poulsbo florist has been telling me about.

Nice park. Never new it was there even though I have been to seacon square & Seri center quite a few times.

Every year during the first weekend in February is the Chiangmai Flower Festival. The city is awash with vibrant colors ranging from the electric orange and lilac colors of the bougainvillea to the velvety blossoms of petunias in all shades of pink, white and purple. The strident red of the poinsettias, bought by many at Christmas and New Years, is echoed by beds of scarlet salvias. Homes and shop owners alike line the city streets with colorful flower boxes. The sheer profusion of color that the flower festival and carnival brings to Chiangmai aptly gives the city its name “Rose of the North”.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade Float
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade Float

On all three days of the festival, prize blooms are on display at Suan Buak Haad near the city center. Every type of flower, miniature tree and orchid is put on display for the judges to choose the best of the species. Landscape specialists put on an elaborate display, which includes patios and waterfalls with exotic decorative plants and flowers.

The best part of the flower festival is on Saturday. This is when we load our lawn chairs and ice chest in the pick-up and head to D.K. Bookstore along the moat in the city center. We go there because there is plenty of parking and excellent coffee and pastry shops.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade Band
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade Band

On the way we passed the flower covers floats, Hill Tribes and Thais in their traditional dress and uniformed marching bands all getting in line to start the parade. We had to leave the house before 8 AM as the parade start around 9 AM. Although it would not be until 10 AM until the parade reached us we had lots of fun eating food from local vendors, relaxing in our lawn chairs at curbside and watching the world go by.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade

The parade lines up from the train station to Narawatt bridge so the police close most of Jarenmuang Road around 8 AM. The VIP viewing stand is right next to the bridge in front of the Chiangmai Governor’s home. The Parade route goes down Thapae Road to the Gate and turns left and follows the moat to Suan Buak Haad City Park.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade Elephant
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade Elephant

The parade moves at a slow pace and stops several times so there is plenty of time to take pictures of the colorful floats, pretty girls and hill tribe people in costume. The people in the parade hand out roses to spectators lining the road.

When the parade finishes everyone heads to Suan Buak Haad where all the floats, award winning flower growers and landscapers projects are all on display. There are plenty of food stalls located in the park and in late afternoon the Miss Chiangmai Flower festival starts. The party goes well into the evening until the new Flower Festival Queen is chosen.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade Girl
Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade Girl

This is a great time to visit Chiangmai, as the air is cool and the evenings fresh and clear. If you want to see the festival make sure you book your hotels and flights well in advance.