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Godkhali flower village travel guide

Field after field of roses, marigolds and tuberoses; the country's flower capital.

🗓️ Best time to visitDecember–February (most colourful before spring and Valentine's Day)
⏱ How long it takes2–3 hours
💰 Estimated costFree entry; some gardens charge a small fee for photos

At a glance

Started
1982 (tuberose growing)
Location
Jhikargachha, Jashore–Benapole road
Grown
Roses, tuberoses, gladioli, gerberas, marigolds
Best time
December–February

History and details

In 1982 Sher Ali Sardar, a farmer from Panisara village in Jhikargachha, brought tuberose bulbs from India and started the first commercial flower farming. Seeing his profits, neighbouring farmers took up flowers too.

Now flowers are grown on several thousand hectares in Godkhali, Panisara, Haria and nearby villages, and thousands of families depend on it. Much of the country's flower supply comes from here, so Godkhali is called the 'flower capital'. A wholesale flower market is held at Godkhali Bazar every dawn.

The flower market is busiest before spring, Valentine's Day, 21 February and Victory Day; then the fields fill with colour and visitors and photographers come.

Things to do

  • See the wholesale flower market at Godkhali at dawn
  • Take photos in the flower fields (with the farmer's permission)
  • Visit the tissue-culture labs and nurseries

How to get to Godkhali flower village

At Jhikargachha on the Jashore–Benapole road; by bus/auto.

Jashore is about 190 km from Dhaka; the journey takes 4–5 hours.

  • 🚌 By bus: Green Line, Eagle, Sohag, Hanif from Gabtoli; non-AC ৳550–750, AC ৳1,000–1,500.
  • 🚆 By train: Benapole Express via the Padma Bridge rail link, fare ৳400–1,000.
  • ✈️ By air: Biman, US-Bangla, Novoair; one way ৳3,500–5,500.

Where to stay

  • Hotel City Plaza International
  • Hotel Zabir International
  • Mid-range hotels in town

What to eat

Date-palm jaggery and patali (in winter), Jamtala rasgulla

Good to know

  • See the wholesale flower market at Godkhali at dawn
  • Don't pick the flowers — they're the farmers' livelihood

More to see nearby

  • Benapole Land Port (20 km)
  • Jashore town (18 km)
  • Chanchra Shiva Temple (in Jashore town)

More places to visit in Jashore district

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