The Horloge Fleurie (Flower Clock) sits in the Jardin Anglais on the right bank of the Rhône, a short walk from the Pont du Mont-Blanc. It is exactly what it sounds like: a working clock face, roughly five metres in diameter, laid out in flowers. It has been running since 1955, renewed with new plantings each spring and autumn, and is now one of the most photographed objects in Geneva.
The wider Jardin Anglais is a pleasantly designed lakefront park with views of the Jet d'Eau and the old town. The flower clock, the lake, and the Jet d'Eau compose one of those postcard scenes that is more enjoyable in person than you might expect — there is something genuinely pleasant about an industrial city maintaining a working clock made of begonias. The Pont du Mont-Blanc just north is the starting point for the lakeside promenade on both banks.