Visiting the Interesting Flower Markets in Europe

If you love flowers just like me, for sure you also love visiting flower markets. Here are some of the most interesting flower markets to visit in Europe.

1) Columbia Road Flower Market in London

Columbia Road is a world famous flower market in London. It is open just one day a week, on Sunday mornings and early afternoons. The narrow Victorian street becomes a bustling market of traders, with the shops selling homewares, garden candles and unique, quirky handmade welcome mats. Visitors will want to meander from cart to cart and seek the best deals, before deciding upon final purchases. Be sure to bring a camera along, to capture the dazzling beauty of the fresh flowers that line the street.

flowers from our garden.

2) Flower Market on the Seine in Paris

The oldest flower market in Paris is located in the shadow of Notre Dame and Saint Chappelle, the famous stained glass chapel. The market lines both sides of the narrow street, and offers a profuse selection of cut flowers, greenery, and potted plants. The ornamental plants hang from baskets and are a blaze of colors and textured foliage. There is no lack of flowers and plant material that can be used to enhance a patio, balcony, or side garden. Cut flowers can be taken back to a place of lodging and enjoyed for the duration of the stay in Paris.

3) Neuenheimer Marketplatz in Heidelberg, Germany

This flower market is nestled in Neuenheim, just across the river from Heidelberg. The market is only open twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Visitors will want to be at the market soon after it opens at 7 a.m., to get the best selection of flowers. Cameras and picture taking is encouraged, as growers display their wares with beaming pride.

tulips and daffodils

4) The Floating Flower Market in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is home to the only floating flower market in the world! It ranks amongst the top must see markets in all of Europe. The floating flower market is located on the Singel Canal and stalls are located in houseboats along the canal. Known for the wide variety of bulbs, the floating market offers tulips and a plethora of other bulbs. The market ships all over the world, allowing visitors to enjoy the beauty all year round.

Our backyard also looks like a flower market. My friend who visited us last month told me that our garden is like a flower shop because you can see a lot of flowers around, flower pots and garden decors are scattered everywhere. I am glad that the single garden door we ordered last time was already delivered last Tuesday. I am hoping for our garden terrace to be finished soon.

Nature Scene, Food and Tulips

What a wonderful day we had today. Yesterday was also a very nice day. That was a perfect time for sightseeing again. The sun is finally shining and I guess in the next days to come also. It seemst that spring is coming soon. I am hoping. Here are some images I am sharing for the beautiful memes that this blog is joining.

the walls in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria, Germany. This town is called the "Christmas town" of Germany because you can see and buy Christmas decors in most of the shops here all year round.

the tulips in our garden from last year's spring time. can't wait to see it again this year. the castle tower near our garden. isn't it lovely?!

one of my favorite foods, the calamare.

This blog is joining these wonderful memes; Skywatch Friday, Weekend Reflection, Food Trip and Scenic Sunday. Special thanks to the Authors of these sites for sharing these beautiful memes in the blogosphere. Have a lovely day to all!

Nature Around and Heidelberg City

I got here different images taken in different time and place. The first image was taken during our visit to Heidelberg, a very beautiful and romantic city in German State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The second image was taken in Rhorbach in Bavaria, Germany. Last but not the least, this was taken from our garden. We had a visitor, the cat's neighbor.

Heidelberg — having been a former residence of the Electoral Palatinate in the past — is the seat of the University of Heidelberg which is well-known far beyond Heidelberg's and Germany's borders. Furthermore, Heidelberg is a popular tourist destination due to its romantic and picturesque cityscape's character including the Heidelberg Castle and the baroque style Old Town.

The tower of the Parish church in Rhorbach, Bavaria, Germany.

we had a visitor in our garden, the cat's neighbor. sometimes he is so bad because he pees around our garden. that is the reason why I cannot plant vegetables in our garden.

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WW- Danube River in Germany

Today is truly a watery Wednesday. Here is Danube River that flows in Kelheim, Bavaria in Germany. The view here is astonishing as we had a cruise last time.

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Autumn Trees

photo by: Euronics

The Beauty of nature during Autumn..this is the surrounding in our small town and we love it!! truly amazing beauty of nature!!

Sunflowers in the neighborhood

photo by Eurostar

Why it is called sunflower??? I have an answer for you..keep reading!! have a great day!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower

The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae and native to the Americas, with a large flowering head (inflorescence). The stem can grow as high as 3 metres, and the flower head can reach 30 cm in diameter with the "large" seeds. The term "sunflower" is also used to refer to all plants of the genus Helianthus, many of which are perennial plants.

Description

What is usually called the flower is actually a head (formally composite flower) of numerous florets (small flowers) crowded together. The outer florets are the sterile ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into what are traditionally called "sunflower seeds," but are actually the fruit (an achene) of the plant. The inedible husk is the wall of the fruit and the true seed lies within the kernel.

The florets within the sunflower's cluster are arranged in a spiraling pattern. Typically each floret is oriented toward the next by approximately the golden angle, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 spirals in 1 direction and 55 in the other; on a very large sunflower you may see 89 in one direction and 144 in the other.

White Flower

photo by Eurostar

A white wild flower somewhere along the walking way....I love it!!

Beautiful Nature

We live in a small town which is located in a big valley. This was the photo I took as I went walking yesterday. See the very beautiful green surroundings around!! This so lovely...a very nice place to live-in!!

It's Harvest Time

I took this photo last August as we went walking in our small town. This is the so-called trescher which is use for harvesting plants like rice, wheat and the like..

Wow time is passing by so fast..Almost farmers here in Germany had already harvested their crops. Now is the beginning with the Ber months which also means that autumn and winter is fast approaching!!

Happy day to all!!

Beautiful Hills

I'm sharing today this very beautiful photo I took while we went walking this afternoon....see how amazing nature's beauty is!!!...The blue sky with some clouds in it, plus the green trees around are just perfect to cool off your eyes!!

I always love nature!! hope you too!!!

taken at Hohenfels, Germany by Eurostar!!

Up in The Sky

Oh yeah, I took this photo while boarding Delta Airways from Atlanta, Georgia to Munich, Germany..that was quite a long trip but a pleasant one.. I enjoyed watching the scenery as our plane was going up up up in the sky!!!

the wings of delta Airways..from Atlanta, Georgia to Munich, Germany