Sa Dec Flower Village
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Join Thien Xuan Travel to Mekong Delta, just one month before Tết — to visit the flower villages of Sa Dec, Dong Thap; Cai Mon, Ben Tre; Tan My Chanh, My Tho, Tien Giang; before the flowers are harvested and transported to big cities to celebrate Tet Festivals.
Sa Dec Flower Village
VGP | Ha Thanh — Sa Dec Flower Village in Dong Thap Province has been well-known for a long time as the flower capital of the Mekong Delta and one of the country's largest suppliers of flowers for cities and provinces nationwide and even abroad.
Located in Tan Quy Dong Commune, about 3km from Sa Dec City centre and around 150km southwest of HCM City, the 100-year-old village, has become a tourist hotspot welcoming thousands of visitors before and during Tet — Lunar New Year Festival. The last month of the Lunar calendar is the time when flowers in Sa Dec are in full bloom. At this time, the village is the most beautiful and vibrant because it's in the main harvest season of the year.
Sa Dec is home to more than 2,000 households mainly earn a living by growing flowers and ornamental trees for sale. Hundreds beautiful flowers and strange herbs such as daisy, orchid, marigold and 50 kinds of roes can be found in the village which is situated by the bank of annually windy Tien River of fertility and sun.
These flowers will be used as offerings to deities and ancestors to pray for luck; and also to decorate homes during the Tet. A unique feature of Sa Dec is that villagers grow flowers all year round on shelves built above water. Farmers, therefore, have to wear boots or use boats when they take care or harvest the plants. It is to save cost because most of the arable land has been appropriated from rice farming land located in low lying terrain, which is easily flooded.
Good time to photo: at 3:00pm when people watering the flowers!
There are also bonsai and ornamental plants of hundreds of years old in Sa Dec. They are normal trees which can be seen every corner in the streets like tamarind, areca, fig, ochna and more. Local talented artisans and horticulturists with their skillful hands have converted them into priceless bonsai with beautiful, sophisticated and unique designs and forms.
These artistic works not only give colours and aroma, but also are used to decorate interior, to make landscape of parks, offices, constructions, and apartments. Recently, Sa Dec villagers have developed their traditional craft village to promote tourism. Each year about one million visitors are estimated to come to the village, especially in Tet.
Touches
Many flower gardens have invested in more elaborate decorations to attract tourists. Some households have turned their flower gardens into homestays and cafes to serve demands of people who flock here to purchase flowers, relax and enjoy beautiful and greenery environment. They can embrace the flowers and take photos at any corners, next to special flower settings in the shape of a heart, a bird, or the globe and the eye-catching charm of its sampans, pedicabs, bridges, and thatched huts filled with flowers.
One month prior to Tet is the best time for contemplating flowers in Sa Dec which is also full of visitors during Tet holiday. Besides, while contemplating at any moment a forest of flowers, tourists will have a chance to understand the daily life of the farmers, who will explain to you their unique cultivation method, and join in some of activities to take care and pack flowers for sale.
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