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According to local
residents, the village was established more than 100 years ago by migrants
from central Vietnam. As nature lovers, these new migrants decorated their
houses with lots of ornamental trees and flowers and, as time passed by, many
families grew more and more flowers and gradually the villagers made growing
flowers their means of livelihood.
As visitors step into
the village, they are treated to thousands of different coloured flowers,
helping them to forget the hassle of the outside world. Here each farmer acts
as a tour guide, who can tell you the names of every flower, their
characteristics and their blossoming time.
What is special about
the Sa Dec flower village is that the flowers are not planted in the ground
but in bamboo baskets placed on raised structures in order to avoid
submersion.
In addition to
appreciating the beauty of the myriad of flowers, visitors can immerse
themselves into the life of local farmers to fully experience the geniality
of the Mekong Delta residents.
In the past, the Sa
Dec flower village was only busy in the springtime, but now the village is
bustling throughout the year with buyers from across the region. Boats and
trucks follow one after another out of the village to distribute flowers to
Ho Chi Minh City, the neighbouring provinces and even further to markets in
the northern and central region.
Below are some photos
of the Sa Dec flower village.
Source: NDO
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