When spring unfurls its petals over Shanghai, the entire city transforms into a living canvas of color, scent, and imagination.
This year, the 2025 Shanghai International Flower Show invites you to step into a world where flowers are not just admired — they are celebrated as bridges between technology and tradition, art and science, and history and tomorrow.
Where Urban Spirit Meets Botanical Wonder
At the core of the festival are two extraordinary stages.
Flowers in Huangpu weave themselves into the city's vivid fabric. The display reimagines what it means to live with nature in the modern era, bringing creativity to both side streets and towering buildings.
Across town, in the verdant expanses of the Shanghai Botanical Garden, the mood shifts. Rare species, groundbreaking research and green innovation come together in a subtle but powerful symphony, revealing a glimpse of the future in which cities grow not just taller but also greener, richer, and wiser.
Urban Blooms and Historic Echoes
In Xintiandi, modern boutiques and cafes buzz with energy, while ancient red-brick buildings whisper stories from a century ago.
Spring flowers bloom in Taipingqiao Park, reflecting the resilience and hope that arose in the streets where modern China first took root.
The past and the future bloom side by side, linked by a river of blossoms.
New Voices in Every Petal
This year's flower exhibit does more than just display flowers; it also tells stories.
In the "Garden of Remembrance," memory becomes the soil. Designed in conjunction with medical institutions, this environment transports visitors into the world of Alzheimer's patients, where each scent and color ignites priceless moments of connection.
The playful "Catwalk Garden" changes perspectives yet again, encouraging you to explore a world designed for adventurous, climbing cats — where paths zigzag, layers rise and fall, and the spirit of adventure lives on in every corner.
It's a discussion in the universal language of nature, created by artists from China, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, and Singapore.
Secrets of Rare Blooms
Look closely. Among the dazzling displays, you'll find rarities:
The proud "Hongchuan (Red Boat)" rose, cultivated with loving precision.
The majestic Emperor Bromeliad, with its broad emerald arms, reigns over the garden.
The Longnan Iris, delicate yet fierce, a new treasure born on Chinese soil.
Each one a reminder that beauty, though fleeting, can be preserved, studied, and multiplied when passion meets science.
New Ways of Living With Nature
In Huangpu, flowers spill beyond park gates and into the city's very soul.
Pocket gardens bloom where busy streets intersect. Sidewalks blossom into art galleries. Greenery dances on rooftops and creeps along windowsills.
Here, the future is not an escape from the city — it's a city transformed, where every breath feels a little fresher, every corner a little more alive.
The Blooming Wonderland of Qiantan
Across the river, a new fairy tale unfolds.
Qiantan's Flower Street unfurls along the riverbanks, a temporary paradise of giant sunflowers, cascades of cherry blossoms, and secret gardens around every turn.
Step inside one of over 20 floral-themed boutiques. Sip coffee surrounded by roses. Cross a bridge built from blooming dreams.
Rare succulents, workshops, and river views turn a simple afternoon into a treasure hunt for beauty at the Qiantan Flower Fair.
And for the true romantics — the country's very first Rose Walking Street is lined with the most exquisite blooms from Britain, France, Japan, and beyond.
Each step seems like entering a living, breathing painting.
A Season of Discovery
With the help of gardeners' hands, architects' aspirations, history, and inventiveness, Shanghai is crafting this tale.
It serves as a reminder that the future need not be limited to steel and glass; it can also grow, breathe, and bloom alongside us.
Allow yourself to be included in this spring narrative.
Wander. Discover. Dream.
