Discover The Uniqueness Of Malaysian Garden Concept

 The idea of Malaysian Garden is to create a world-class tropical garden concept which is rich in cultures and diverse traditions for your garden for home. It was previously known as the widely famed Neo Nusantara. It was born out of a love for nature and also to create a world-class garden concept to call our own. Neo Nusantara literally means "New Malay Archipelago" . Therefore, it represents the new tradition of artistry in Malaysia which is the evolution of art and craft deriving from the Malay-Sumatra-Borneo archipelago.

Our multi-racial culture is rich in art and craft. Our concept of garden represents a melting pot of various traditions which blends a collective sense of our history and identity. We should design landscapes that reflect our rich multi-racial culture instead of adopting the garden designs of other countries. A Malaysian garden must reflect a tropical theme and ideally demonstrate the harmonious fusion of various cultures – Malay, Chinese and Indian.

Perhaps you think a Malaysian garden is based on our local folklore like Puteri Gunung Ledang or Mahsuri, thus incorporating design features reflecting the beauty and innocence of the fair maidens. Or it should reflect our cultural history by fusing artistic elements of each race like the intricate Malay carvings and Chinese bonsai plants with Indian tea lights. Whatever the design, it must contain a fair amount of "Malaysianness". Our culture is chock full of artistic history, legends, fables, customs, and much more – why do we need a Victorian garden to beautify a Malaysian hotel? Or a Balinese-style pond in a Malaysian public park?

 

 

 

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The 10 Most Beautiful Gardens of the World 

6. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California



A mere 20-minute drive outside of Los Angeles you'll find a bucolic paradise with more than 100,000 plants and one of the world's largest collections of camellias. The gardens and woods of Descanso ("rest" or "repose" in Spanish) unfold over 160 acres (65 hectares) of the San Rafael Hills. Don't miss the Japanese garden and the International Rosarium that is home to thousands of roses. Children particularly enjoy riding the Descanso Gardens Enchanted Railroad, a mini-diesel train.

 

 

10 Most Breathtaking Gardens in the World

 

5.Jardim Botânico de Curitiba

Also known as the "Jardim Botânico Fanchette Rischbieter," the Botanical Garden of Curitiba is a garden located in the city of Curitiba, the capital of the state of Paraná, and the biggest city in southern Brazil. It is the major tourist attraction of the city, and it houses part of the campus of the Federal University of Paraná. Opened in 1991, Curitiba's trademark botanical garden was created in the style of French gardens. Once at the portal of entry, extensive gardens in the French style in the midst of fountains may be seen, as well as waterfalls and lakes, and the main greenhouse of 458 square meters, which shelters in its interior, copies of characteristic plants from tropical regions. It rolls out its carpet of flowers to the visitor's right at the entrance. This garden occupies 240.000 m² in area. The principal greenhouse, in an art nouveau style with a modern metallic structure, resembles the mid-19th century Crystal Palace in London. The Botanic Museum, which provides a national reference collection of native flora, attracts researchers from all over the world. It includes many botanic species from the moist Atlantic Forests of eastern Brazil.

 

 

 

10 Most Breathtaking Gardens in the World

 4. Versailles – France 

 Probably the world's most famous garden, it was built for Louis XIV and designed by Andre Le Notre. The laying out of the gardens required enormous work. Vast amounts of earth had to be shifted to lay out the flower beds, the Orangerie, the fountains and the Canal, where previously only woods, grasslands and marshes were. The earth was transported in wheelbarrows, the trees were conveyed by cart from all the provinces of France and thousands of men, sometimes whole regiments, took part in this vast enterprise.

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10 Most Breathtaking Gardens in the World

3. Suan Nong Nooch – Thailand

This incredible park is situated in Pattaya, Thailand. It is popular among tourists because of stunningly beautiful landscapes and marvellous views. Everything there seems to be from a fairy-tale. It is full of Thai style houses, villas, banquet halls, restaurants and swimming pools. A vast 600 acres area was bought by Mr. Pisit and Mrs. Nongnooch in 1954, this land was predicted to be a fruit plantation, but, Mrs. Nongnooch made a trip abroad and came back with a firm decision to create there a tropical garden of ornamental plants and flowers.

In 1980 it was opened to the public and got an official name "Suan Nong Nooch." Suan means "garden," since it is a place where everybody concerned can get acquainted with Thai Culture and Cultural Shows. More than 2,000 visitors go there everyday. This garden always looks as it does today. Also, it is a conservation place for many plants and palms. 

 

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10 Most Breathtaking Gardens in the World

 

2. Keukenhof Gardens – The Netherlands

An unprecedented wealth of spectacular floral displays planted in endless varieties, alternated with beautiful works of art. Keukenhof is unique, world famous and has been one of the most popular destinations in the Netherlands. The garden is home to 7 million tulips, which includes special hybrids that have been or are being developed. In fact, Keukenhof's pride and joy is the truly awe-inspiring Russian black tulip Baba Yaga.

 

 
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10 Most Breathtaking Gardens in the World

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation – Scotland

Open to the public only one day a year, the Garden of Cosmic Speculation takes science and maths as its inspiration. Quite simply, there isn't another garden like it in the world. The garden was set up by Charles Jencks, together with his late wife Maggie Keswick and is located at Portrack House near Dumfries. That's in Scotland, by the way! It was set up in 1989 without the usual ideas people have when they create a garden. Horticultural displays very much take second place in this garden. Instead, it is designed with ideas in mind - and to provoke thought (or at least speculation) about the very nature of things.

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Around the garden one can find amazing sculptures on themes such as this - the DNA helix in giganitic metallic glory.

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Image Credit Flickr User Paulus Maximus!

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Image Credit Flickr User Paulus Maximus!

Image Credit Flickr User Paulus Maximus!

Image Credit Flickr User Paulus Maximus!

Image Credit Flickr User Paulus Maximus!

Image Credit Flickr User Paulus Maximus!

Kuriositas would like to that Flickr User Paulus Maximus! for his very generous permission to allow us to use his pictures here. Please take a look at his photo sets.


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