Xiangmi Park

This guide to Xiangmi Park in Shenzhen traces the thirty-five years this corner of Futian District stayed sealed off as an agricultural research center, growing lychee and roses while towers rose all around it. It follows the park's July 2017 opening, designed with MLA+, including the glass walkway threaded above the old orchard canopy. The original avenue of palms still stands alongside the lily ponds that replaced the old fish ponds.