Daisy festival underway in Tehran

A flower festival dedicated to daisies is underway at the
National Botanical Garden of Iran in Tehran, the head of Iran’s Research
Institute of Forests and Rangelands said.

The festival is showcasing more than 530 varieties of
daisies, Ali Alizadeh said.

The festival opened in the Iranian capital on October 23 and
will close on December 16. 

The National Botanical Garden of Iran has an area of about
150 hectares and is planned to be the main center for horticulture and plant
taxonomy in Iran. 

The garden also contains an arboretum, six lakes, hills (to
represent the Alborz and Zagros mountains and the Himalayas), a rock garden, a
waterfall, a wetland, desert plants areas, a Salt Lake and a wadi, a river
about 1 km long, systematic area, fruit garden, picnic area with some pavilions
and other facilities. The botanical and horticultural library has more than
11,000 volumes.