Largest Flower Market In The World
The aalsmeer flower auction building is the fourth largest building by footprint in the world covering 518 000 square metres 5 580 000 sq ft.
Largest flower market in the world. We follow three of britain s favourite flowers the rose the tulip and the lily during the. The flower auction held each weekday at the floraholland warehouse in aalsmeer is the largest flower market in the world. Pak khlong talat or bangkok flower market is located south of the famous wat pho temple of the reclining buddha in a location that is among some of the best of bangkok s tourism areas.
It is the largest flower auction in the world. World s largest flower market presented by cherry healey and simon lycett florist to the royal palaces tells the miraculous story of how the flowers we buy in our florists and supermarkets travel across the globe to reach us every day in pristine condition. It is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in bangkok with many types of popular flowers including roses orchids lilies and much more.
This enormous central auction building in aalsmeer has the largest footprint 518 000 m in the world while its floor space of 990 000 m makes it the fourth largest building in the world. Daily around 20 million flowers and decorative plants are traded here with well over 12 billion flowers traded annually in the six floraholland auctions in the netherlands. We relish our flowers so much that this year we are predicated to spend 2 2 billion on treating ourselves and others to the prefect bouquet.
A rafflesia that recently bloomed in a west sumatran forest is nearly 4 feet in diameter that would make it the largest flower ever recorded according to the natural resources and conservation.