China's Ninth International Garden Expo Coincides Opening of China's First Garden Museum

The Ninth China International Garden Expo has opened in Beijing for 6 months starting on the 18th May 2013.

The Expo will host garden styles from 69 cities all over China including Suzhou, Urumqi and Guiyang. The Expo will also host gardens from 39 cities of 29 countries from all around the world, including UK. There are total of 128 exhibition parks in the Expo, covering the size of 513 hectares. The Expo will take the place along the side of Beijing largest river, the Yongding River, in the southern Beijing district of Fengtai and Daxing. At the Expo you can learn about Chinese diverse horticulture, China's plans to become green and China's tips for plant upkeep.

Alongside the Expo, China's first Garden Museum, the Museum of Chinese Gardens will open to the public. The Museum has been set up to resemble the Yuan Ming Yuan Gardens in north Beijing, the former summer residence of the Qing Dynasty Emperors. The Museum contains six gardens, nine indoor exhibitions and a collection of 5000 garden objects.

To commemorate Garden Expo in Beijing and opening of the first Garden Museum in China, China Holidays introduced the Glorious Gardens of China tour which is ideal China tour for the first time visitor with the passion for garden and all the things green. Exquisitely landscaped with ponds, flowers, bridges, pavilions, China's famous gardens tour illustrates how they are designed as much as rooms in the house to be used for specific purpose - for writing poetry, taking tea or playing chess...The 16-day tour includes visits to the Botanical Gardens in Beijing, Xian and Guilin with the local garden expert. the price starts from £2495.