In the hills of Uttaranchal there is a place where there are flowers everywhere. This place is called the ‘Valley of Flowers’. Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, located in West Himalaya, in the state of Uttarakhand and is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora.

1. THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
CLASS-IV

2. In the hills of Uttaranchal there is a place where there are flowers
everywhere. This place is called the ‘Valley of Flowers’.

3. Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park,
located in West Himalaya, in the state of Uttarakhand and is
known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety
of flora.

4. Valley of Flowers is located 300 Kms North of Rishikesh,
near Badrinath. You need to Travel by Road till Govindghat and
from there the trek to Valley of Flowers starts. Govindghat is 20 Kms
before Badrinath. Till Govidghat there is a motor-able
Road. Rishiksh is 6 Hours Drive from New Delhi, India.

5. Location of Valley of Flowers
Valley of flowers is located in Chamoli district in the state of
Uttarakhand India. This is remotely located and it takes minimum
3 days to reach Valley of flowers from Haridwar. The last motor-
able point is Govindghat.

6. You can check our trek itinerary page for more day wise
information. It is around 500 km from New Delhi and 300 km from
Haridwar. You can check our page on how to reach valley of
flowers, we have given distances between important points and time
required between them, different modes of transportation available
to reach Valley of Flowers.

7. Opening and Closing dates of Valley of Flowers. Valley of
flowers opens on 1st June every year and closes on 4th October, but
the valley remained closed for public in 2013 after the floods in June
2013 till 4th October, 2014 as the trek between Ghangaria
and Valley of Flowers was damaged.

8. It was reconstructed by September, 2014 and valley was opened for
public for 6 days from 4th October to 9th October, 2014. You can
visit out best time to visit valley of flowers page to know what will
be best time among these four months of accessibility of the valley.

9. In some places, one sees red flowers blooming on bushes, while in
others one finds white flowers peeping out between the stones.
There are wide areas carpeted with the brightest yellow flowers.

10. And suddenly, elsewhere, blue flowers shining like tiny stars
between the grass. All this seems like a beautiful dream, doesn’t it?
Yes, because like a dream these flowers bloom only for a few weeks
in the year.

11. Now you were just left counting, weren’t you? Are there any things
in your house which have designs of flowers made on them – like
clothes, sheets, vases, etc.? Here is a floral design in the box below.

12. The design in the picture is called ‘Madhubani’. It is a very old
form of folk art. Do you know why it is called Madhubani? There
is a district in Bihar called Madhubani.

13. Here, during festivals and happy occasions, the walls of the
houses and their courtyards are painted with such pictures. These
paintings are made out of paste of powdered rice in which colour
has been mixed. The colours used in Madhubani painting are very
special too.

14. To make them, indigo (Neel), turmeric (Haldi), colours from
flowers and trees, etc., are used. paintings show human beings,
animals, trees, flowers, birds, fish and many other animals.

15. Blooming buds!
You must have seen buds on the plants. If there are any flower bearing
plants growing near your school or home, look carefully at their buds.

16. So many uses!
Flowers are even eaten!
What are the different ways we use flowers in our daily life? Do you
know that flowers can be eaten as well? Many flowers are cooked as
vegetables.

17. In Uttar Pradesh, Firoza and Nilima enjoy eating a vegetable made
of kachnar flowers.

18. In Kerala, Yamini wants her mother to cook her a vegetable made of
banana flowers. Mamta and Omar who are from Maharashtra love
pakoras made of sahjan flowers.

19. Colors from flowers:
Colours are made from many flowers like marigolds, zenia, etc.
These colours can also be used to dye cloth.

20. The Kannauj district in Uttar Pradesh is famous for Itr.
Truckloads of flowers are brought from neighbouring areas for this
purpose. Itr, rose water, Kewra water are prepared from flowers
here. Thousands of people in Kannauj are engaged in this work.

21. Of course, if there are so many uses of flowers, then we need lots
and lots of flowers. Flowers are grown in many places. Imagine
fields full of flowers extending for miles together! How beautiful!

22. Let us all visit the….What will you find there?
Himalayan Blue Poppy, Daisies, White, Yellow, Calendula, Lily,
Purple, Dianthus, Asters, Strawberry Flowers, Brahma Kamal Or
Bethlehem, Pansies.

23. Let us study at some common flowers around us…..
Zinnia, Cactus flowers,lily, Marigold, Hibiscus, Shoe Flower,
Periwinkle,Vinca Rosa, Datura, Night Blooming Cereus, Night
Jasmine Flowers, Water Lily, rose, Jasmine, Magnolia, Bottle Brush,
Neel Kamal.

24. Let us study at shapes of different flowers
Bell shaped, Funnel, Trumpet-shaped, Tube-like= tubular,Urn-shaped
or pot-shaped, , Saucer- shaped. Star-shaped, Bowl-shaped, Cross-
shaped, Lipped flowers.