As the spring rain is soaking into the fields, a whole raft of cole flowers have burst into bloom. Go on a trip with your family and friends to the golden cole flower fields this weekend!
Zhangjiagang
Changyinsha Flower Sea
Changyinsha Flower Sea is equipped with outdoor self-service barbecue area, leisure and tea-savoring area, water park, chrysanthemum and snack area and children’s playground.
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Area: 400 mu (approx. 26.7 hectares)
Florescence: March 15 to April 15
Ticket price: RMB20 yuan/person
Changshu
Tiehuangsha Ecological Island
A lot of effort has gone into making Tiehuangsha the most beautiful shoreline of the Yangtze River. The ecological planting area totals 1,116 mu (approx. 74.4 hectares) and the flower field is known for being “half tideland, half flowers”.
(Red characters under green background are opening days of Tiehuangsha)
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Area: 800 mu (approx. 53.3 hectares)
Florescence: March 10 to April 20
Ticket price: Free of charge (extra charges for parking)
Kunshan
Jijiadun Cole Flower Field
With wooden walkway and colored bicycle track, Jijiadun Cole Flower Field is quite popular among shutterbugs and cyclists. It also hosts parent-kid activities and field courses from time to time.
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Area: 50 mu (approx. 3.3 hectares)
Florescence: March 15 to April 15
Ticket price: Free of charge
Wujiang District
Tongli Cole Flower Field
Special varieties of cole flowers that have white, red and purple blossoms are interspersed with wheat in green. You can ascend the 25-meter-high sight-seeing tower to view the well-arranged pattern formed by the plants.
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Area: 800 mu (approx. 53.3 hectares)
Florescence: March 15 to April 15
Ticket price: Free of charge
Wuzhong District
Chenghu Agricultural Park
Apart from cole flowers, orychophragmus violaceus, cosmos bipinnatus and zinnia are also planted on the field. Visitors can also experience farm work, appreciate plants, enjoy parent-kid activities and take wedding photos there.
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Area: 630 mu (42 hectares)
Florescence: March 15 to April 15
Ticket price: Free of charge
Xiangcheng District
North Taihu Lake Cole Flower Field
As one of large-scale cole flower appreciation bases on the outskirts of Suzhou, the North Taihu Lake Cole Flower Field was built in 2010. It attracts tens of thousands tourists to appreciate the flowers in March and April every year.
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Area: 1,000 mu (approx. 66.7 hectares)
Florescence: March 15 to April 20
Ticket price: Free of charge
Suzhou New District
Tong’an Modern Agricultural Park
The cole flower field is located on the water source of Taihu Lake in Jinshu. Fields of cole flowers and the rolling misty Taihu lake have combined to make a spectacular countryside oil painting.
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Area: 100 mu (approx. 6.7 hectares)
Florescence: March 15 to April 15
Ticket price: Free of charge
Source: iSuzhou
