Argricultural Heritage Park

Agricultural Heritage Park  is considered as a must visit destination in Putrajaya. The park is actually one of the metropolitan parks, located at Presinct 16, Putrajaya. It is a true epitome of Malaysia, showcasing what Malaysia has to offer in modern agriculture while preserving the heritage. It was built on an undulating landscape; watching from its peak, you will be able to see about 75% of Putrajaya today!

Migratory Birds

Malaysia is probably better known by foreigners as well as locals for its lovely beaches and  holiday hotspots. With its many island and lush tropics,its no wonder tourism has made it big in this country for the past few years.

However, before i start sounding like a travel writer,let me return to the heart of this article,which is a follow through from my previous discussion.

Of Friendly Fungi and Fertile Soils

Plant and fungus? Naaaah...any gardener would now have his spines up as fungi are universally perceived as the gardener’s sworn enemy sensu lato. Think fungi, think ugly, threatening, and that means galls, blights, damping off, crown rots, witches’ brooms, unsightly anthracnose and ugly leaf spots, petals marred with botrytis blight and so on. Unfailingly and unnervingly they exasperate the gardener with an insidious modus operandi that allows them to wreak much of their destruction unnoticed to the naked human eye.

Holehired Splendour in Beds and Borders

Visiting gardens in this series of gardens of inspiration has shown us that each garden is unique in its design and content. They never cease to delight us and Holehired is not an exception.
The garden is situated in the Lake District area and is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society. Although it is situated on huge grounds, the garden itself is a modest size and not too large to spend a morning browsing through. Of course it looked like a typical English garden and as we parked our car the rambling roses and climbers on the wall outside were charming enough to make us want to pose with them as backdrops.

The entrance is a rustic gate and one is greeted by a large lawn with beds and borders planted with striking spring and summer blooms. The riot of colours against a perfectly manicured lawn is testimony to how the weather helps in gardening in the UK. The borders has the usual planting pattern and mix of tall shrubs combined with ground covers still giving plentiful hue of colours.

Before we made the walkabout around the lawn, the dry stone wall and concrete trough of alpine containers caught my eye. I have always wanted to do a dry stone wall but alas our weather do not permit it. However the concrete trough is an idea worth trying.