Nghi Tam flower- planting villge

Nghi Tam village, stretching along Nghi Tam street. The village has been considered as one of the largest flower village selling fresh flowers in the capital city.

Bonsai have been grown in Nghi Tam since 1228 when a villager bought saplings from a Chinese trader to plant in his village.

Kumquat is another species that spread from Nghi Tam Village to West Lake. During Tet, most families in the capital, and now throughout the country, have their kumquat trees to symbolise talent and wealth.

Bonsai lovers throughout Ha Noi are well aware of the century-old Nghi Tam bonsai trees. Nghi Tam has been a flower village since the establishment of the capital. The village has developed continuously, and has always been considered as one of the largest flower villages, supplying fresh flowers for the city and its vicinity. In the 1950s, nearly all the households were involved in planting flowers.

Nghi Tam is famous nationwide for its traditional occupations of flower and bonsai growing and ornamental fish farming. 

There are many kinds of flowers originating from temperate regions such as the peach blossom, daisy, violet and lily, and particularly the kumquat, peach and while apricot.With the drizzling rain and the cold wind, the temperature is suitable for the growth of these flowers from winter to spring. Nghi Tam flower market is busy every morning.

Every year, just before Tet holiday, Nghi Tam village is filled with people from all over Ha Noi. They come here to buy flowers for decorating their house during Tet holiday, take photographs with their friends and record the beauty of hundreds kinds of pretty and colorful flowers. Ha Noi people  take the utmost care in the selection of their Tet peach trees, taking into account every tiny detail that must sit in harmony with the sentiment or philosophy that one wishes to express.