Places of attraction in Kuching, Sarawak - The Annual Garden Show one of the events held during Kuching Festival for one month from August 2010

Flowers all year round in Kuching Park

By ZORA CHAN
zora@thestar.com.my

THE annual Garden Show, one of the events of Kuching Festival, sees permanent features this time around so that the public can enjoy the scenic garden whole year round.

Located at one corner of Kuching Park within the Kuching City South Council’s (MBKS) ground, people from all walks of life will visit the Garden Show as they patronise the festival’s food and trade fair which is just next to it.

This year’s show is themed “Tropical Garden”.

The council’s landscaping officer, Winnifred Chin, said the theme was chosen to give visitors the feeling that they had just walked into the forest.


Gateway to paradise: The entrance to the annual Garden Show, one of the events held in conjunction with Kuching Festival in Kuching.

THE annual Garden Show, one of the events of Kuching Festival, sees permanent features this time around so that the public can enjoy the scenic garden whole year round.

Located at one corner of Kuching Park within the Kuching City South Council’s (MBKS) ground, people from all walks of life will visit the Garden Show as they patronise the festival’s food and trade fair which is just next to it.

This year’s show is themed “Tropical Garden”.

The council’s landscaping officer, Winnifred Chin, said the theme was chosen to give visitors the feeling that they had just walked into the forest.
Crowd attraction: Visitors busy tsking photos and enjoying the surroundings at the garden.



“In the past, we had themes like “Rock Garden”, “Flora Garden” and “Colourful Garden” but features in these garden shows were not permanent.

“We’ve decided to build permanent features like the water fountain and “baruk” (Bidayuh traditional meeting place) for this year’s show so that people can continue to view the garden daily even after the festival ends,” she told StarMetro.

Chin said plants at the garden show were mainly common tropical species like hibiscus, bougainvilla and canna, a variety of palm trees and non-flowering shrubs for easy maintenance work.

These plants were labelled with their common and scientific names for educational purposes among the public, she said.

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