Flowers in Jiefung Lu

Jiefung Lu is the main street of Shaoxing. This area a week ago was quite desolate. Road workers who had been employed on upgrading the road over the past few weeks had lived in a makeshift tent to the left of the picture.

The flowers that had been there had died and what was left was a pretty miserable display.

On my last day in Shaoxing, I passed this area only to find all new plants had appeared and the place was all cleaned up and was looking quite spectacular. The city has spruced up for the World Choir Games which start in the city on July 15th, 2010.

I'm impressed with the way they use seedlings in pots to create spectacular show pieces.