chonburi garden
the most special portion of the chonburi garden was the waterfall garden they had constructed beside the traditional thai house. I just took the waterfall feature working hard to estimate that the water plants in the foreground are taken in as this was no longer visible in the Holga's viewfinder.
birds 1
birds 2
these installations were right across from each other. The colorful one was in the shin corp garden. The planning and initial execution of the Rachapruek fair was initiated in the tenure of the Thaksin government. Unfortunately, events in September had changed everything. Shin Corp. is the company that his family sold to Temasek in Singapore which precipitated the downfall of the government. But the colourful birds caught my eye. Across are white birds in the middle of artificial mist. It was one of the provincial gardens which I now forget. I should really be taking notes when I do this.
the belgian garden
This is the first time that Thailand is holding a horticultural show. I think it was a good first time. However, I was expecting it to be similar to the Chelsea garden show where there will be garden competitions from world renowned garden designers. But this did not seem to happen. I was able to visit most of the gardens sponsored by the different countries. I think this was the best garden in the Rachapruek fair. It was very modern and it is making a bold statement. My only disappointment was that I thought a bigger space was given to this garden. Imagine if the Belgian contribution was given a bigger plot of land that a much more edgy garden would have been done. I will be posting several pictures taken with my Holga during the next few days.
