Queen Sirikrit Botanic Gardens

 

On Sunday morning as part of my cycle tour, I visited the Queen Sirikrit Botanic Gardens in Mae Rim.  It was a lovely morning to explore the lush, green and extensive gardens.  They are situated on the side of a hill, with walking tracks through different collections of trees, leading to the glass houses at the top of the hill. More labels were needed on the trees, but I did learn a bit. lThere was an interesting palm collection and some gorgeous orchids in the glass houses. 

The Thais seem to love topiary - it's every where- so of course there was a collection of topiary- including these two elephants!