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Cannas Are Back!
 Cannas were the most popular flowering plants during the
colonial period in British Malaya. There were dozens of varieties,
which the British ‘mems’ grew around their bungalows. Once a year, the
plants would be dug out, and the soil turned over and enriched with
cattle manure. From the old stock, young healthy plantlets would be
separated out for replanting, to produce glorious colours for another
year. The Malaysian idea of a garden was to plant once and expect
flowers forever, so cannas went out with the mems after Merdeka.There
are now encouraging signs that Malaysians are prepared to sweat it out
to create colourful gardens, as an alternative to sweating out in a gym
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A Designer's Garden
 Taman Tun Dr. Ismail or simply known as TTDI, is an
established housing area, developed many years ago and has a mixed
development of detached houses, semi detached and terraced houses. Many
of the houses have matured gardens with plenty of greenery and a
kaleidoscope of colours from the variety of flowering plants. Many of
our subscribers are from TTDI and I looked forward to featuring a
garden from this area.
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Keukenhof
 Being in Holland for the Floriade, we did not miss the
opportunity to visit Keukenhof, the world famous tulip gardens. We were
lucky to be just in time to catch the tulips before their blooms are
over. |
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Embracing Nature Into School
 From kindergarten to university, school has always been a big
part of a youth’s life. Learning new things from ABCs to how to become
a doctor for instance, the teachings from school stick in our minds
until we become adults with careers. I am in secondary school now but I
still, remember my old primary school so vividly. However, what
interests me the most and what I will be concentrating on in this
article and maybe the next are the surroundings of the school. Are the
flora and possibly the fauna in the school’s compound any help to the
student’s education and the environment? |
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Water Menagement in Landscape Gardens
 Water is an important element for all living organisms. In
certain plants, water contribute more than 90% of their mass.In short,
water from growing media is absorbed by roots, transported upward and
majority of water is released to the atmosphere. Apart from being used
for metabolic processes, upward water movement helps in transportation
of nutrients and other solutes. Besides that, water also play an
important role in providing physical support in maintaining plant
turgidity. Without sufficient amount of available water (moisture),
plant cannot perform their best. |
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