Jashore, Khulna
Bangladesh’s flower capital: village after village of tuberose, gladiolus, rose and marigold fields, and a dawn flower market that supplies much of the country.
Commercial flower farming in Gadkhali began in the early 1980s, when a local farmer planted tuberose and found a ready market. Others followed, and within a few decades the villages of Jhikargacha upazila — Panisara and its neighbours — had turned large stretches of farmland into flower fields.
Today the area grows tuberose, gladiolus, roses, marigolds, gerberas and other flowers, and is widely called the country’s flower capital. Every morning, growers bring their harvest to the Gadkhali flower market beside the highway, where traders buy for Dhaka and cities across Bangladesh.
For visitors the attraction is simple: walking between fields of colour, watching farmers cut and bundle flowers, and seeing the early-morning market at its busiest. The fields are farmland, not a park, so treat them as someone’s livelihood.
Take an early Benapole-bound bus or a hired car to Gadkhali.
Watch growers and traders bargain over bundles of tuberose, gladiolus and roses, with tea at a stall.
Take a van out to the villages and walk the ridges between the flower beds.
Return by late morning, or carry on west towards Benapole.
December to February, early in the morning; busiest before Pohela Falgun, 14 February and 21 February
On the Jashore–Benapole road, west of Jashore town: about 30–45 minutes by any Benapole-bound bus. Get off at Gadkhali bazaar and take a van or battery auto-rickshaw to the fields at Panisara and nearby villages.
From Gadkhali bazaar, vans and battery auto-rickshaws go to the fields in Panisara and nearby villages; once there, explore on foot along the ridges.
