Million Sunflower Gardenin Guangzhou

The name itself arouses awe and curiosity and no one who has an eye for beauty can resist the temptation of seeing such a large number of sunflowers swinging their heads in the gentle breeze.
This awesome spectacle of nature can be viewed no where else on Earth except at the Million Sunflower Garden in Guangzhou. The garden is one of its kinds in the whole of Guangzhou and is even nominated for a position in the prestigious Guinness Book of World Records.

The flower was the inspiration for the famous Holland painter Van Gogh to paint his masterpiece and over the ages, the sunflower has captured numerous hearts with its bright and smiling look.

Features of the Million Sunflower Garden in Guangzhou

- The Million Sunflower Garden is probably the only ecological garden in Guangzhou with the bight sunflower as its dominant theme.

- The flower blossoms all the year round keeping the park beautiful. Also with the birth of this sunflower garden, flowers came to be used as ornamental plant. This has marked the construction of a new genre of gardens in China where a particular flower would be used as a theme.

- The Million Sunflower Garden consists of many varieties. The common one is the sunshine sunflower with a green core and bright yellow petals. Other consists of red sunflower, super sunflower which are new inventions in the sunflower family. The favorite among all however is the one named after the famous painter, “Van Gogh Sunflower”.

- The Park uses latest scientific methods like gene engineering to create new species to add variety to the garden. Certain species of seeds are also imported from Japan and Europe which are planted and reared with utmost care.

- The flowers have different blossoming periods. The Potted Russian and Japanese sunflowers are followed by extensive fields of the common sunflower variety.

- The Million Sunflower Garden also houses a squirrel world, an ant kingdom and a Birds paradise. These are added attractions of the Park. Nearly 1000 baby squirrels and 300 small pigs live happily in the park. The Garden authority also maintains bird cage in which doves and other kinds are kept. Love and care to the animals are guaranteed.