Queen Sirikit Park
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Queen Sirikit Park is a botanical garden in Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand. Covering an area of 0.22 km2, it is part of the larger Chatuchak Park complex. It was established in 1992 and named after Sirikit, Queen of Thailand to celebrate her 60th birthday. It contains many fountains and pools where lotus flowers bloom. The park has a high biodiversity in an ecosystem which has a great variety of plants and butterflies. There is a great variety of banana cultivars, a great variety of palm tree cultivars, a great variety of hibiscus, 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
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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 to build this park in the area of the State Railway of Thailand.{{Cite web|url=http://office.bangkok.go.th/publicpark/park06.asp|title=สำนักงานสวนสารธารณะสำนักสิ่งแวดล้อม|access-date=October 14, 2017}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bangkok.com/sport-parks---activities/#|title=Hotels.com. All Parks in Bangkok|access-date=October 14, 2017}} 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 {{Cite web|url=http://203.155.220.217/office/ppdd/publicpark/thai/MainPark/T_Somdet.html|title=สวนสมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ฯ|access-date=12 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106231334/http://203.155.220.217/office/ppdd/publicpark/thai/MainPark/T_Somdet.html|archive-date=6 January 2010|url-status=dead}} 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/Queen-Sirikit-Park--107|title=amazing THAILAND. QUEEN SIRIKIT PARK|access-date=October 14, 2017}} of the local and foreign plants. The construction budget came from the government, the State enterprises under the Ministry of Commerce, 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 Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. On 19 December 1996, Queen Sirikit Park opening ceremony.
Events
- Queen Sirikit birth day or Mother's Day Event.
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Chak Phupha Su Maha Nathee Park
The newest park covering an area of 26 rai (0.04 km2) is part of the Queen Sirikit Park. It was built on the old site of JJ Green Market to celebrate King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) on the auspicious occasion of his 6th cycle (72 years) birthday anniversary 28 July 2024, who has continued, preserved, and developed the royal intensions of Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother for lasting sutainability.
Its name, Chak Phu Pha means "from mountain"; and Su Maha Nathee means "to the great water". Referring to the intention of Queen Sirikit when she accompanied King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) to visit Thai people in various regions throughout the country, from the north to the south. King Bhumibol always had strong determinations to develop water resources and improve the quality of land and soil to help the living conditions of his people in rural areas.
To complement and support His Majesty's efforts the Queen Mother thus decided to focus her attention on forest conservation and reforestation to restore fertility to nature and the environment. This is reflected in her famous royal speech in 1982 at Song Dao District, Sakhon Nakhon Province, that "If His Majesty (King Bhumibol) is regared as "water", I will be the "forest", and the forest will always be supportive and loyal to water." Hence, the concept of the park takes inspiration from the interconnection between forest, water, and people.
King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida opened the park on 25 February 2025, planting a pair of yellow star trees as a memorial.{{cite web|language=thai|work=Thai PBS|date=2025-05-19|accessdate=2025-02-26|title=“ในหลวง-พระราชินี” ทรงเปิดสวนสมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ฯ สวนพฤกษศาสตร์สากล มาตรฐาน BGCI และสวนจากภูผาสู่มหานที|url=https://www.thaipbs.or.th/news/content/349669}}
The highlight feature of this park that captures the attention of anyone who enters is the {{convert|20|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} steel observation tower.{{cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9660000095339|work=Manager Online|language=Thai|date=2025-05-19|accessdate=2024-10-23|title=เปิดแล้ว “สวนจากภูผาสู่มหานที” สวนสาธารณะแห่งใหม่ใจกลางกรุง}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050502053930/http://203.155.220.217/office/ppdd/publicpark/english/mainpark/E_Somdet.html Queen Sirikit Park] at the Thai Department of the Environment website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080515192631/http://www.thailandtraveltours.com/news/13-bangkok-queen-sirikit-park-bangkok.htm Queen Sirikit Park] at thailandtraveltours.com
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Category:Botanical gardens in Thailand
Category:1992 establishments in Thailand
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