Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Nong Nooch
This is too big a coincidence to ignore. Earlier in the week as I leafed through a stack of old magazines headed for the recycling bin, an article about Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden captivated me enough that I tore out the page, intending to look it up on the internet sometime. Then yesterday morning, I discovered the beautiful travel photographs of Vladimir on Picasaweb. Guess where he visited?
Located near Pattaya in Thailand, this is an amazing garden if you like the tropical look. Or even if you don't. They have a replica of Stonehenge, for example, and some European statuary. But it was the tropical topiary and parterres that caught my attention. A world away, literally and figuratively, from my scruffy naturalistic patch of temperate zone woodland and meadow.
My meadow:
Nong Nooch:
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| From Wikipedia: Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden |
See the difference?
But both have butterflies. I spent some time yesterday afternoon stalking butterflies through the meadow and garden, but haven't edited all the photos yet. Next post!
Labels: butterflies, public gardens, wildflowers
6 Comments:
Nice photography!
Ana-Maria: Thank you!
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LOL. That is a funny example of colonial imperialism. In any post European colonial (esp British) country I have visited I see all these examples of tropical trees and plants hedged to within an inch of their lives. People even try to recreate that look in their gardens -they think it looks good.
Nicole: Interesting! I hadn't thought about it in that context. I imagine it must be much harder to maintain that kind of pruning in the tropics too.
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