Kham Thiang Market – ตลาดคำเที่ยง (Talat Kham Thiang), Chiang Mai
"Flower Market Kamthieng" in Google Maps. It's not truly a flower market, because you hardly can buy cut flowers there. Actually, Kham Thiang Market is a plant market where you can buy all kind of living plants, e.g. trees, shrubs, bamboos, and herbaceous plants.
Most plants are decorative or ornamental garden plants, but plants useful for food or landscaping can be found, too. There are many shops specialized in certain plants like orchids, ferns, succulents, palms, roses, water plants and so on. In addition, there are shops for gardeners' utilities and tools. It is a pleasent market area to stroll around and look at all the numerous exotic plants. Most plants are in flower, because they can be sold better if a customer can see the flowers. There are at least 2 coffee shops within the market area, inviting you to take a rest.
The area is large, you can spend well half a day to walk around to see plants in nearly all the shops. There is plenty space for car parking.
The market is open every day. Nearly all shops close from the early evening.
The market area consists of two parts connected by a single road. One part is located adjacent to the south boundary of Tesco Lotus, the other part, even larger, is located further south-east. There are 5 access roads to reach the market from all four cardinal points.
