250px, Queen Sirikit Park Queen Sirikit Park is a botanical garden in Chatuchak District,

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Chatuchak Park Chatuchak Park ( th, สวนจตุจักร; ) is a public park in the southwest part of Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is also the name of the Chatuchak Park MRT Station that lies under the park. Its name is the origin name o ...

complex. It was established in 1992 and named after Sirikit, Queen of Thailand to celebrate her 60th birthday. It contains many

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s and pools where lotus flowers bloom. The park has a high

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in an

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which has a great variety of plants and butterflies. There is a great variety of

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, a great variety of

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cultivars, a great variety of

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, a great variety of lotus, more than 200 species of waterlilies, a great variety of new species of plant in the world, a great variety of coconut cultivars, a great variety of bamboo cultivars, and a great variety of rare plants as well as plants endemic to Thailand.

History

In 1991, the cabinet made the resolution to establish Queen Sirikit Park, the park for celebrations on the Auspicious Occasion of Queen Sirikit's 5th Cycle (60 years) Birthday anniversary, on 12 August 1992. The cabinet assigned the

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...

to build this park in the area of the State Railway of Thailand. This area is located in the South of the golf course of the Railway. The pattern of this park was similar as Thailand's geographical map. The area in the first project was 140 rai(0.224 km²) and in the second project it will be expanded the area in 60 rai (0.092 km²) more in the future. In this area, there can be a park for a leisure weekend, fitness park for exercise, and the place to see a beautiful botanical garden which contains more than 2,000 species of the local and foreign plants. The construction budget came from the government, the State enterprises under the

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, and the private sector. In parts of long way garden maintenance, the Foundation of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand will take care of this point. On 1 May 1995, the cabinet transferred Queen Sirikit Park to

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. On 19 December 1996, Queen Sirikit Park opening ceremony.

Events

* Queen Sirikit birth day or Mother's Day Event. D85 1826Siberian Eagle Owl Photographed by Trisorn Triboon

External links

Queen Sirikit Park
at the Thai Department of the Environment website

at thailandtraveltours.com

References

Botanical gardens in Thailand Gardens in Thailand Parks in Bangkok Chatuchak district 1992 establishments in Thailand {{Bangkok-geo-stub