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Forum: Tropical Zone GardeningReplies: 19, Views: 232
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caycad
Perth
Australia

February 24, 2009
11:31 PM

Post #6186613

hello out there,I normally post on the Australian forum.Do any of you have a Balinese garden ??
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI

February 24, 2009
11:56 PM

Post #6186749

Hi Caycad! What is a Balinese garden composed of?

I have many Indonesian plants. Here is Pinanga caesia.

Aloha, Dave

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caycad
Perth
Australia

February 25, 2009
12:29 AM

Post #6186916

Here is a peep of our garden

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Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)

February 25, 2009
06:10 AM

Post #6187400

That is very pretty; I think you need a frangipani in there... :-)
astcgirl
Brandon, FL
(Zone 9b)

February 25, 2009
09:23 AM

Post #6187712

Hello to a fellow Aussie (I'm from Sydney myself originally)...welcome over here to the Tropical forum...love your garden, I know the look you mean when you say Bali, I went there in college and remember that lush feeling, all those tall green tropicals...Dutchlady is right you need some plumeria's...Bali is where I saw my first ones and I was hooked after that...Did you ever go to the Sari Club, I think it's gone now.

Love the little gecko in the tree...they were everywhere in Bali.

Thanks for posting your pictures, very beautiful.
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)

February 25, 2009
11:51 AM

Post #6188261

Aloha caycad and welcome to TZG.

Your garden looks lovely - so tranquil and pretty. We all love pictures here, so please post more and tell us about your plants. Did you get your garden art directly from Bali?

Jenn
caycad
Perth
Australia

February 28, 2009
02:09 AM

Post #6201028

Yes we do have Plumeria in different colours, here is a different view of our garden.We love Bali to bits and go there twice a year, its only three and a half hours away from Perth here in W Australia We are retired old farts and love the climate the beautiful people and that lush greenery everywhere.we do buy some statues over there but the freight back here is expensive llike A$300+ per cu meter.Im glad you like our garden
Regards

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caycad
Perth
Australia

February 28, 2009
06:33 AM

Post #6201196

astcgirl
Hi we met a couple fromSydney a few years ago in Bali and have kept in touch, met again in Bali.They have stopped over here in Perth and last year we went to Sydney to stop with them last year in April which was good weather here but not there, It rained every day with the sun coming out on our departure day.
We went up to the blue mountains but could not see much for the mist and fog, it reminded me of a European winter lol.BUT the opera house and Sydney bridge made up for that We may see them again in Bali later on this year, this is pic of our fish pond.
Regards.

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Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)

February 28, 2009
06:35 AM

Post #6201199

That's stunning with the frangis by that statue.
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI

March 01, 2009
02:00 AM

Post #6205179

What type of plants are typical of a Balinese garden; or is it basically statuary?
caycad
Perth
Australia

March 01, 2009
03:05 AM

Post #6205264

Metrosideros
We see many huge Cordilines and krotons like hedges plus their native Palms and many creepers I have not seen before.Most hotels have great gardens and it amuses me to see the staff edging the lawns with sissors.This pic is of another side of our garden.We return to Bali this month to a wedding and we are looking forward to this trip, havent been there since Sept last lol

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Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)

March 01, 2009
07:43 AM

Post #6205460

Edging the lawns with scissors?!! I want to see a picture of that...
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI

March 01, 2009
01:14 PM

Post #6206543

Great photos Caycad! I love the bamboo work. It's easy to see that you put a lot of TLC in your garden!
goofybulb
El Paso, TX
(Zone 8a)

March 01, 2009
09:36 PM

Post #6208638

Belated hello and welcome, Caycad! You'll love this forum! I do!
Alexandra
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)

March 08, 2009
02:30 PM

Post #6238241

Welcome!!! We visited Bali from Darwin in 2000 - loved it. Spent a lot of time in Ubud! Never made it to W. Australia...but would like to one day. Am reading a novel by Tim Winton right now, 'Dirt Music'...feel like I am there everytime i get into the book!!!!
caycad
Perth
Australia

March 09, 2009
09:32 PM

Post #6244939

AlohaHoya
We always go up to Ubud first and love the place,have been there quite a few times.We stopped there last September in a hotel owned by the Royal family.
One morning in the temple area next to the hotel we met the widow of the late King of Ubud.What a lovely lady who posed for a photo with my wife.Have been to many restaurants there and feel at home there.We would love to live in Ubud but when you are a 1938 model you have to think about getting seriously ill there.We are heading back to Bali on 25 of this month to a wedding and cant wait.I will try to add a picture of the Kings funeral. The bull containing the body of the king was so high they had to undo all the electrical cable along the road,this was one of the biggest funerals held in Ubud for some time

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AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)

March 10, 2009
12:24 AM

Post #6245754

How wonderful for you!!! We loved Ubud. I took a Cooking Course and had Spa Indulgenses ...got rides with locals to make appts., we loved the food and the people. Amazing...kids selling 1.00$ newspapers to tourists for $10.00. The crime was the tourists would pay it!!! We loved it!!!
Islandshari
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
(Zone 11)

April 10, 2009
06:36 PM

Post #6392989

DH and I are going to Bali on May 14th. Plan to be there for a few weeks. I am very excited...especially for the wonderful massages. We will be staying in Candidasa for a week and then head up to the mountains. Plan to spend most of our time in Ubud. I was very dissappointed to hear that the shipping costs are so high Caycad, since I had planned on picking up some art for my garden. Well, may do it anyway...how often does one get the chance, ya know?

Beautiful pictures of your garden, and I thoroughly understand your inspirations! Well done! Thanks for posting them!

Yokwe,
Shari
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)

April 10, 2009
10:27 PM

Post #6393838

Shari...have a ball. There was an unknown but cool spa I went to, above the main grocery store. I couldn't get into the swanky one but I paid 1/4 of the price for the same thing!!!!
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)

April 12, 2009
12:59 AM

Post #6398299

Oh Shari, how wonderful! I hope you have a super relaxing few weeks. I hope you can sneak some of that lovely garden art into your suitcase - after all, who needs clothes?

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