Tourism Thailand Garden

By garden designer James Clarke. This garden is based upon a section of a river in a rural location in Thailand.

It is designed as a showcase for plants from Thailand as well as focusing on a way of life away from the cities.

Visitors to the garden will be able to cross the river into a lush garden and pass by an accurate recreation of a Thai Sala.

This Thai Sala is located on the opposite side of the river with steps down to the waters edge. This serves as a shelter from the rain and the sun and becomes somewhere to rest and contemplate away from the house. The steps to the water allow the house owner to leave daily offerings to passing Buddhist Monks along the river.

The water is a recreation of a river edge in Thailand; it will be circulating and will hold some sediment in the water.

Plants list   

Click on any of the plant names below to read more and to add to your own plants lists.

Curcuma siam Various ( Siam Tulip)
Hibiscus various  
Hedychium Assam Orange 
Hedychium 'Tara' 
Plumeria various

ORCHIDS
Specimen examples

WATER PLANTS
Lotus 
Acorus calamus 
Acorus gramineus 'Golden Delight'  
Alocasia hybrid 
Alpinia hybrid 
Alpinia zerumbet var. 
Arundo donax 
Carex riparia variegata  
Colocasia hybrid 
Coriander  
Cyperus alternifolius 
Cyperus papyrus   
Hedychium greenii   
Houttuynia cordata   
Houttuynia cordata 'Bobo'   
Miscanthus giganteus   
Miscanthus 'Morning Light' 
Musa 'Dwarf Cavendish'  
Musa 'Siam Ruby' 
Sagittaria sagittifolia
Scirpus albescens
Thalia dealbata
Thalia germinata
Thypha angustifolia (Lesser Reed Mace)
Tropical Blue Waterlily
Eichhornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth)   
Pistia rosette (Rosette water lettuce)   
Pistia stratiotes (Water lettuce)

HERBS, CITRUS ETC
Turmeric  
Mentha aquatica  
Citrus hysterix (Kaffir Lime) 
Cymbopogon citratus (Lemongrass)