| Landscape master
Balis famed resorts and clubs like the Como Shambhala at Begawan Giri, Amanusa, Bali Golf & Country Club all feature extraordinary tropical gardens designed by a certain Karl W. Princic. Landscape architectural designer Karl W. Princic is considered somewhat of an enigma in his adopted homeland of Bali in Indonesia. He has been in Bali since 1990 and now lives in an ultra-modern home set amidst Balinese cottages and padi fields in the sleepy hollow of Sidarkya near Sanur. He shares his newly-built home with his Indonesian wife and keeps mainly to himself. .
Britain's Prince Charles has revealed his favourite gardening ...
Charles posed in his comfortable get-up ahead of an interview with BBC Radio 4's 'Gardeners' Question Time', marking the show's 60th anniversary. The prince often dons his camel-coloured wool coat - believed to have been a gift from Pakistan - for time pottering in the garden. In the interview, to be aired on Easter Sunday (08.04.07), listeners will hear the royal share his gardening tips with horticultural experts. Charles told the show's chairman Eric Robson that his love of gardening went back to when he was a boy and he shared a vegetable patch with sister Princess Anne in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Charles slammed EU rules restricting the sale of historical varieties of seed, enforced to ensure customers do not get plants that aren't uniform. The prince said: 'What could be crazier than reducing ourselves to far too few varieties and finding, at the end of the day, that maybe they are then more subject to disease and complications? 'What could be crazier than having the kind of EU legislation which made it impossible to sell the seeds of many of these wonderful old varieties that people have developed over thousands of years?' The 58-year-old royal - a keen organic farmer - is reported to have spent 500,000 on the gardens at his Gloucestershire country home Highgrove.
Spring into a New Garden: Landscaping 101
RISMEDIA, March 26, 2007-(MSN.com)-When you step into a really well-designed landscape, something just feels right: There's a sense of pleasure, of comfort, of being at home. Although you might be tempted to think that this sensation arises from a connection with nature, your reaction is really the result of considerable human contrivance, the product of a series of principles that operate behind the scenes of all well-designed landscapes. Of the many design considerations at work, perhaps the most important is ensuring that the various elements of your landscape work together to connect your garden to your house stylistically. Remember, your house is the most important part of your garden (the landscape was, most likely, laid out around your dwelling, not the other way around), and without a cohesive style that complements the architectural design, even the costliest and most finely wrought landscapes will fail to satisfy.
Retail sales boosted by mild weather
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Sales of gardening equipment last month lifted retail sales at their fastest rate for a almost a year, though the British Retail Consortium warned that where Easter fell in 2006 may have distorted the figures. Like-for-like sales were 3.9% higher in March compared with the same month in 2006 and higher than Februarys 3.3% rise. The monthly gain is the highest for 11 months, with mild weather the main driver, according to the BRC. Like-for-like sales for the January to March quarter were up 3.5%, the survey added. "While these results are obviously welcome, they must be set against the poor sales performance we reported a year ago," said BRC director general Kevin Hawkins. Food sales strengthened in March after dipping in February, but prices are under pressure in home and kitchenware stores.
South Cotabato LGU, groups launch nutrition program
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/20 April) -- Non-government organizations and private companies based in South Cotabato joined hands with the provincial government in launching a comprehensive nutrition program aimed at reducing significantly cases of malnutrition in several parts of the province. South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes said the initiative, dubbed "KapitBisig Para sa Kabataan" or KBPK project, will primarily focus on the provision of basic services to poor residents through various assistance from various local organizations and commercial firms. Fuentes said the project has so far enlisted the support of pineapple giant Dole Philippines Inc. based in Polomolok town. She said Dole management wanted to help reduce the malnutrition rate in the province, especially the alarming cases in several indigenous people's communities.
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