{"id":7128,"date":"2013-06-07T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/?p=7128"},"modified":"2020-07-25T17:56:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T10:56:25","slug":"bangkok-blooming-siam-paragon-royal-orchid-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/bangkok-blooming-siam-paragon-royal-orchid-paradise","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Blooming: Siam Paragon Royal Orchid Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Happy Mother\u2019s Day! Thai style. Coming up to her Royal Majesty Queen Sirikit\u2019s 81<sup>st<\/sup> birthday celebration, local businesses and venues are preparing to roll out the festivities \u2013 and the iconic Siam Paragon is no exception. Diving headlong into the celebratory bustle, Siam Paragon has announced its 7<sup>th<\/sup> <strong>Siam Paragon Bangkok Royal Orchid Paradise<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paragon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7129 alignright\" alt=\"Siam Paragon Royal Orchid Paradise\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paragon-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"310\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paragon-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paragon-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paragon.jpg 1940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a>From the 6<sup>th<\/sup> to the 12<sup>th<\/sup> of June the sprawling mall will be transformed into a floral wonderland with sculptures made of orchids, orchids on the walls, orchids on, the ceilings, orchids popping out of every nook and cranny on the premises.<\/p>\n<p>The display is orchestrated in collaboration with Ministry of Agricultural and Cooperatives&#8217; Department of Agriculture the Royal Horticulture Society of Thailand and the Horticultural Science Society of Thailand and will be comprised of nine species of orchids from professional and amateur growers from all over Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>For visitors who are also orchid amateurs there will be a contest in which they can enter their flowers for the chance to win various prizes including cash and a trophy from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be workshops on flower decorating and decoupage for those who would like to get hands on while enjoying the flowers. There will also be a show of orchid related art, as well as orchids and gardening equipment for sale at special prices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/be-seduced-with-style-at-siam-square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siam Paragon<\/a> was probably one of the places you were going to stop while you were in the city anyway (nearly everyone does) but this is a unique opportunity to experience a little bit of history (the queen\u2019s 81<sup>st<\/sup> birthday) as well as a chance to get firsthand experience with three very important parts of Thai culture \u2013 the royal family, beauty in natural forms, and celebration.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be worth stopping by, and we\u2019ll try to get some pictures for those of you who can\u2019t make it. We\u2019d also love to see any pics you can get of the flowers if you\u2019re in town for the festival!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Mother\u2019s Day! Thai style. Coming up to her Royal Majesty Queen Sirikit\u2019s 81st birthday celebration, local businesses and venues are preparing to roll out the festivities \u2013 and the iconic Siam Paragon is no exception. Diving headlong into the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[609],"tags":[828,45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7128"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11234,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128\/revisions\/11234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangkokbeyond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}