If
you had to take a guess on the location of the world’s largest flower
garden, you’d probably assume it was somewhere known as a lush farming
area. California, maybe, with its wide-ranging agricultural systems? Or
Hawaii, with its rich, volcanic soil and gigantic natural blooms?
Perhaps somewhere in the Netherlands, a country known for its endless
fields of tulips?
All good guesses, to be sure, but all wrong. The world’s largest flower garden is located somewhere you’d probably never guess: in the middle of a city in the middle of a desert in the Middle East. Dubai, to be exact.
The Dubai Miracle Garden, located in Al Barsha South, is a sight to behold. Spanning 18 acres and containing more than 45 million flowers, the garden showcases breathtaking floral sculptures and designs that change every season. This past season included entire villages constructed of flowers, blooming walkways with rainbow canopies and a full-size replica of an Airbus A380 covered in 50,000 flowers.
As you might imagine, constructing a record-breaking flower garden in
the desert is no easy feat. It takes 400 people nearly two months to set
up the attraction, consisting of 30 different types of flowers,
including petunias, geraniums and marigolds. The Miracle Garden closes
for four months out of the year, when it simply gets too hot to sustain
flowers in Dubai. But when the garden is open, it relies upon
eco-friendly irrigation systems to stay surprisingly eco-friendly.
All good guesses, to be sure, but all wrong. The world’s largest flower garden is located somewhere you’d probably never guess: in the middle of a city in the middle of a desert in the Middle East. Dubai, to be exact.
The Dubai Miracle Garden, located in Al Barsha South, is a sight to behold. Spanning 18 acres and containing more than 45 million flowers, the garden showcases breathtaking floral sculptures and designs that change every season. This past season included entire villages constructed of flowers, blooming walkways with rainbow canopies and a full-size replica of an Airbus A380 covered in 50,000 flowers.
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