Tuesday 8 June 2010

A taste of Thaliand

One of the gardens I am looking forward to seeing is Tourism Thailand's rural, riverside idyll.

Designed by James Clarke at Elevations Exhibition Design and Management, the garden features a section of river that visitors cross to enter a lush garden and authentic Thai Sala (shelter).

Structural plants will include Musa, Areca, bamboo, Ficus and possibly Plumeria. Alocasia and smaller Musa will be combined with Heliconia, Canna, Codiaeum and various gingers as under-planting. The water plants will consist of Nelumbo (Lotus), Hydrocharis and Eichhornia with Curcuma (Siam Tulips), grasses and reeds lining the riverbank.