Floral Park

Parc Floral

The Parc Floral, a garden lush with flowers and trees, is the most colorful and exquisite among Paris's modern gardens. Located on the left side of the verdant Bois de Vincennes in eastern Paris, behind the majestic Château de Vincennes, it sits in tranquil nature. As the capital's most vibrant garden, filled with blooms year-round, it is aptly named "Floral Park." If Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring exists, this place seems to embody it. Its bright and magnificent scenery resembles rural fields; every scene is a beautiful landscape painting, every corner overflowing with poetic romance. Within its orderly yet natural modern architectural structure, its diverse themes, multi-layered forms, changing light, and varied visual experiences make it the most thought-provoking garden in the capital.

百花園在水光幻影及蔥龍茂密森林,和五彩繽紛季節性花草中, 最足以展現法蘭西人文美感,尤其是自然色彩、形式及質感。
The Hundred Flowers Garden, with its shimmering water reflections and dense dragon trees, along with colorful seasonal flowers, best embodies French humanistic aesthetics, particularly in natural color, form, and texture.
令人心礦神怡的花谷,水鏡邊一座紀念碑雕刻大噴泉,是法國雕刻家史達利(Stahly)的作品。
A heart-refreshing and spirit-elevating flower valley,A monumental carved fountain by the water mirror,Stahly's work。
宛若陶淵明的桃花源之花谷,經常都是五顏六色裝扮著大地。
Like the utopian valley of Peach Blossom Spring described by Tao Yuanming, it is often adorned with a kaleidoscope of colors across the landscape.
花谷前白色帆布涼亭,每年夏天都在此舉行露天免費爵士樂演奏會。
The white canvas pavilion in Flower Valley, where free open-air jazz concerts are held every summer.
美得讓人眼花撩亂的花谷,遠方一座極簡大方的現代銅雕。
A dazzling flower valley, with a minimalist and elegant modern bronze sculpture in the distance.
五彩繽紛的季節性花卉,是夏季最燦爛的火花。
Vibrant seasonal flowers are the most brilliant sparks of summer.
這到底是那一派的抽象畫呢?誰能告訴我。
Which school of abstract painting is this? Can anyone tell me.
自然最盛情的展現,豈不是讓人眼撩亂的「色彩」。
Is not the most lavish display of nature a dazzling array of 'colors'?
走在這花徑,不就是更接近上帝了嗎!
Walking along this flower path, isn't it a step closer to God?
花園是伊甸園的象徵還是另有隱喻呢!
Is the garden a symbol of Eden, or does it carry another metaphor?
要接近神的話,就該學會欣賞大自然的「美」感。
To approach the divine, one must learn to appreciate the 'beauty' of nature.
「美」本身就是神蹟還是奇蹟呢!
Is 'beauty' itself a miracle or a wonder?
到百花園走一趟,都讓人心曠神怡。
A visit to the Hundred Flowers Garden is truly refreshing.
夏季時松樹林下也是花枝招展。
During summer, the pine forest floor is also adorned with vibrant flowers.
綠色成為當今水泥牆世界裡的酵粉,所以園林成為都會人的一片心靈寄託。
Greenery acts as a leaven in today's world of concrete walls, making gardens a spiritual refuge for urban dwellers.
巨大的綠葉,是太陽的尊貴夫人還是月亮的浪漫情人呢!
Are the large green leaves the dignified lady of the sun or the romantic lover of the moon!
松樹林下,綠樹成蔭,洋溢著自然靈氣。
Under the pine forest, lush green trees provide shade, brimming with natural vitality.
林下賞心悅目,眾多的杜鵑、丁香、山茶、繡球花及玉蘭等等。
A delightful scene under the trees, featuring azaleas, lilacs, camellias, hydrangeas, magnolias, and more.
繡球花徑是五月百花園的特產。
The hydrangea path is a specialty of the May Flower Garden.
2005年百花園特以「荷花」為主題。
In 2005, the Hundred Flowers Garden featured a special exhibition themed around lotus flowers.
荷花確實太美了,還要為她註解嗎?
The lotus is truly too beautiful; does it still need an annotation?
美景到底是出自於我心,還是自然本身就是的。
Is the beauty a product of my mind, or is it inherent in nature itself?
東方人對荷花的情結與西方人一樣嗎?情結來自於文化,與花沒關係吧!
Are Easterners' attachment to lotus flowers the same as Westerners'? This sentiment stems from culture, not the flower itself.
荷花特寫「賞心悅目」能不動心嗎?
Close-up of lotus flowers: 'A delight to the eye and mind'—can one remain unmoved?
一切的美感都是惟心的,只能美在不言中,其餘都只是假設的。
All aesthetic beauty is ideal; it can only be beautiful in silence, while the rest are merely assumptions.
凋落也是一種美,那一美一切美,還要說甚麼!
Falling is also a kind of beauty; if one beauty, all beauties, what more to say!

This colorful modern garden was designed by renowned landscape expert Collin and created during the Third International Flower Exhibition in Paris in 1969. Ten years later, it expanded to its current size during the Fourth International Flower Exhibition. The park's location is closely tied to French history, situated within the forest of the wise King Louis IX. Three hectares of pine forests and one hectare of oak forests remain evergreen, symbolizing the people's eternal admiration for their wise king.

Adjacent to the dense forest is a series of connected exhibition halls, formerly factories from the Second French Empire, now serving as exhibition venues for the city. Reflecting on the past evokes a sense of historical emotion.