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Gardens offer more than floral delights
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April 25, 2011, Monday
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WITH the sun shining, but without being unbearably hot, April and May are the best months for an outing in Jiading District.
With a wealth of destinations, visitors can not only appreciate the beautiful scenery the area offers, but also savor some culture and rural traditions as well as purchase locally produced goods.
Guyi Garden
In cooperation with the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Guyi Garden in Jiading District is holding a "Peony Flower Show."
The garden is displaying 2,000 tree peonies, known as mudan in Chinese, and over 500 herbaceous peonies, known as shaoyao in Chinese.
Guyi Garden is famous for its five main features: a bamboo forest, winding brooks, ancient buildings, couplets written on scrolls and artistic sidewalks.
In the coming summer and autumn, there will be more flowers blooming in Guyi Garden such as lotus and sweet osmanthus, so visitors can be surprised by floral beauty in whatever season they visit.
Address: 218 Huyi Rd, Nanxiang Town
Tel: 5912-2035
Xinze Garden
Jiading locals consider this green paradise spanning 13.3 hectares a park rather than a market despite it is the place of various flowers, odd stones, paintings, sculptures, purple sand products and wood sculptures for sale.
Xinze Garden also has the biggest orchid garden in Shanghai with an orchid plantation area of around 5,000 square meters.
In addition, there is an artists' village in Xinze Garden where 50 oil painting artists have established their studios.
Visitors can have a chance to observe the ceramics processing procedure, and see how a stone goes from rough to exquisite through stone-carving techniques.
Address: 3006-3058 Cao'an Rd
Tel: 6913-1709, 6913-1002,6913-9040
Lijiang Orchard
With 20 hectares of beautiful peach blossoms, Lijiang Orchard is a great destination for an outing with family and friends.
The orchard is famous for its peach and pear trees, as well as the breeding of aquatic products and fowl. It also offers the chance for visitors to taste traditional rural cuisines.
Spring is the best time to visit when the pinky peach blossoms are in full bloom.
Visitors can also get involved with traditional rural activities such as looking for freshly laid eggs, picking wild vegetables, grinding soybean to make bean curd and fishing.
Before leaving, there's also the chance to purchase free-range chickens, pigeons, eggs and organic rice reared by local Jiading people. They are all free from pollution and chemical additives.
Starting from the end of June to the beginning of September, visitors can also find juicy peaches and pears in Lijiang Orchard.
Address: Jiazu Rd, Jiading Industrial Park
Tel: 5996-8688
With a wealth of destinations, visitors can not only appreciate the beautiful scenery the area offers, but also savor some culture and rural traditions as well as purchase locally produced goods.
Guyi Garden
In cooperation with the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Guyi Garden in Jiading District is holding a "Peony Flower Show."
The garden is displaying 2,000 tree peonies, known as mudan in Chinese, and over 500 herbaceous peonies, known as shaoyao in Chinese.
Guyi Garden is famous for its five main features: a bamboo forest, winding brooks, ancient buildings, couplets written on scrolls and artistic sidewalks.
In the coming summer and autumn, there will be more flowers blooming in Guyi Garden such as lotus and sweet osmanthus, so visitors can be surprised by floral beauty in whatever season they visit.
Address: 218 Huyi Rd, Nanxiang Town
Tel: 5912-2035
Xinze Garden
Jiading locals consider this green paradise spanning 13.3 hectares a park rather than a market despite it is the place of various flowers, odd stones, paintings, sculptures, purple sand products and wood sculptures for sale.
Xinze Garden also has the biggest orchid garden in Shanghai with an orchid plantation area of around 5,000 square meters.
In addition, there is an artists' village in Xinze Garden where 50 oil painting artists have established their studios.
Visitors can have a chance to observe the ceramics processing procedure, and see how a stone goes from rough to exquisite through stone-carving techniques.
Address: 3006-3058 Cao'an Rd
Tel: 6913-1709, 6913-1002,6913-9040
Lijiang Orchard
With 20 hectares of beautiful peach blossoms, Lijiang Orchard is a great destination for an outing with family and friends.
The orchard is famous for its peach and pear trees, as well as the breeding of aquatic products and fowl. It also offers the chance for visitors to taste traditional rural cuisines.
Spring is the best time to visit when the pinky peach blossoms are in full bloom.
Visitors can also get involved with traditional rural activities such as looking for freshly laid eggs, picking wild vegetables, grinding soybean to make bean curd and fishing.
Before leaving, there's also the chance to purchase free-range chickens, pigeons, eggs and organic rice reared by local Jiading people. They are all free from pollution and chemical additives.
Starting from the end of June to the beginning of September, visitors can also find juicy peaches and pears in Lijiang Orchard.
Address: Jiazu Rd, Jiading Industrial Park
Tel: 5996-8688
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