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| Pink Poui or Tabebuia rosea flowering well along a coastal road in Kidurong township, Bintulu. |
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| A double flower Hibiscus hybrid |
I have a great
passion for plants which probably was cultivated in my early
childhood days of the early 60's when I often provided a helping hand
to my grandpa who used to sweep the garden floor and plant fruit
trees at a small garden in the village. I used to help my mother
water and weed some of the plants she planted around the government
quarters house with flowering shrubs, sun-loving herbs and herbaceous
annuals. In school I joined the gardening club which encouraged me
in the planting of flowers, grasses and trees to beautify the school
compound and their maintenace like pruning, fertilising and watering.
At a more matured age I was extremely fortunate to be given the
portfolio of landscaping of Bintulu town over many years resulting in
planting of landscape trees for golf course, parks, roadsides, and
many other civic areas like mosques, children's playgrounds, wildlife
parks, mini-botanic gardens, recreational beach areas and
roundabouts. When I made landscaping my focus in business I did lots
of landscape projects for big corporations and foreign companies'
housing in Bintulu. When finally I decided to seriously think about
the concept of Malaysian garden I spent many years developing a
nature park and an urban garden with my own finances so that the
concept of Malaysian garden be better explained and experimented
upon. This adventure of my life continues.
Through various
blogs I hope enthusiasts and practitioners of the Malaysian garden (
Laman Kambatik) will find a ready, online 24x7 and free source
of plant names suitable for the Malaysian garden available at their
fingertips. The collection of these photos have brought me places
all over Malaysia and the thousands of pageviews on the four editions
of the plants list series has been worth the time and expenses.
Enjoy the blogs and happy gardening.
Happy Malaysia Day
Sarawak.
(Note: This is Article #12 in a series to celebrate Malaysia's national day (Malaysia Day) - 16 Sept annually)
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| A composition of shade-loving plants in Kuala Lumpur |
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| Planting with bougainvilleas at a traffic junction in Kuching, Sarawak. |
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