5/5 Zoe D. 4 years ago on Google • 77 reviews
Beware:
some
of
the
reviews
here
are
actually
for
the
garden
by
the
same
name
located
on
Doi
Tung.
This
is
an
ethnobotany
/
medicinal
plant
garden
maintained
by
the
university.
It's
truly
incredible
and
a
very
nice
counter-point
to
the
more
touristic
mountain
garden.
Even
if
you
speak/read
no
Thai,
every
single
plant
in
this
place
seems
to
have
a
tag
on
it
with
the
Latin
botanical
name
and
many
even
have
a
QR
code
you
can
scan
for
more
info.
You
must
get
out
and
walk
around
to
truly
appreciate
it,
though
you
can
also
drive
and
marvel
at
a
few
of
its'
wonders.
It
is
very
serene.
I
only
wish
that
I
had
a
botanist
with
me
to
discuss
what
I
was
seeing.
This
university
recently
hosted
an
international
ethnobotany
conference
so
they're
obviously
doing
a
lot
with
it.
And,
in
case
you're
wondering,
the
name
Mae
Fah
Luang
is
the
name
given
to
the
former
Queen
Mother
.....
Here
is
info
from
her
Foundation
of
the
same
name:
"Mae
Fah
Luang
was
the
title
given
to
Princess
Srinagarindra
by
the
hill
tribe
people
in
the
north
of
Thailand.
Since
the
late
1960s,
the
Princess
Mother
worked
to
improve
the
living
conditions
of
rural
Thais,
particularly
the
ethnic
minorities
in
remote
mountainous
areas
that
were
only
accessible
by
helicopter.
On
those
visits,
she
learnt
about
their
hardship,
their
lack
of
opportunity
in
life
and
the
illnesses
that
plagued
them.
She
would
be
accompanied
by
a
medical
team
to
take
care
of
any
sick
or
injured
she
came
across.
She
would
also
bring
the
villagers
clothes,
food,
other
essentials,
and
even
toys
for
the
children.
It
was
this
very
image
of
the
Princess
Mother
descending
from
the
skies
that
gave
rise
to
the
name
“Mae
Fah
Luang”
(meaning
Royal
Mother
from
the
Sky)
and
became
the
affectionate
title
by
which
the
local
people
address
the
Princess
Mother.
In
2000,
the
centenary
year
of
birth,
the
United
Nations
Educational,
Scientific
and
Cultural
Organization
(UNESCO)
honored
the
Princess
Mother
as
a
“great
personality
in
public
service
in
the
fields
of
education,
applied
science,
and
human,
social,
and
environmental
development”.
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