A brand-new flower-viewing secret spot is in full bloom with a seasonal limited spectacle of 100,000 pots of floral sea

Text by MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Department, compiled and reported

Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays are arriving back to back. Visitors can not only admire the moon but also go flower viewing at Dajia Riverside. Next to the main flower sea of the Universiade, the Dajia Riverside flower sea has expanded its area, using 100,000 pots of flowers and plants to create a beautiful flower sea. The flowering period will span the National Day holiday and continue until mid-October.

This summer, the Taipei Water Resources Bureau used nearly 700,000 pots of flowering plants to create the Universiade-themed flower sea. Compared to winter, creating a flower sea in summer is very challenging. The plants not only have to withstand scorching heat, but also resist the strong winds and heavy rains brought by typhoons and storms. Therefore, 100,000 pots of flowering plants were prepared as backups during the planting of the flower sea, in hopes that they could be used as replacements after natural disasters to maintain good floral conditions, ensuring that visitors to the riverside parks during the Universiade could enjoy the floral landscape.

Since the Universiade competitions fortunately concluded smoothly without major wind or rain disruptions, the Water Resources Bureau decided to make better use of the backup flowering plants that were prepared as replacements. They postponed sowing and cultivating the backup plants by 2 to 3 weeks so that these flowers could also be planted after the Universiade, enhancing their ornamental value.

The Water Resources Bureau specifically chose the green space plaza in front of the Happy Wall at Dajia Riverside Park to use previously reserved summer flowering plants such as angelonia, zinnia, celosia, and globe amaranth to outline vibrant, rhythmic color bands. These compete in beauty with the nearby main Dajia flower sea area. In total, there are 100,000 pots of flowering plants covering an area of 3,000 square meters. The best viewing period is from now until mid-October—flower-loving visitors must not miss it.