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Not A Hanging But An Amazing Garden It is springtime in Bangladesh now. It is also the time for the people of Dhaka, to visit the famous Baldha Garden as usual until summer sets in fully. Spring is the season of mirth, gaiety, flowers, fairs, festival and cultural events in this country of mine.. Every year, in spring, visitors would throng in large numbers to visit this particular garden to enjoy the wealth of the nature! Some consider the garden as a miniature one as it is many times smaller than the National Botanical Garden located at Mirpur, Dhaka. Until 1962, the garden was privately owned by the decedent of Narendra Narayan Roy Chowdhury ,a wealthy landowner of the then Baldha Dhaka, who built the garden. It took him over three decades to build it. He passionately enriched the garden, until he died in 1943, with rare plant species collected from various countries of our planet. The ownership now stands transferred to the Government of Bangladesh for proper maintenance of this magnificent serene garden located at Wari in the old section of the city of Dhaka on 3. 15 acres of land, containing over 800 species of plants The garden is divided into two parts. The larger part is called Cybele after the Greek nature goddess of fertility. Psyche is the smaller unit. The builder might have considered this smaller unit as the soul of the garden as the meaning of the name suggests! A network of walkways crisscrosses the trees, nurseries and bushes. The ground happens to be dominated by a large pond. You will be welcomed and greeted,after you walk in, by a profusion of delicate red flowers of Amberstia Nobilis (Raj Ashok} and Muchkunda chapa (Pterospermum Acerifoliam) tree in bloom and yellow- orange flowers of Sarica Indica (Ashok). Large Keya plants and a Tabebun the ground until some one from the garden tells you that these are blossoms of wild nuts. Several Magnolia trees and Caperis Zeylamisia with brilliant orange leaves can be seen lined up along the banks of the pond. You could be speechless to see tiny star-shaped yellow-orange flowers o (Kontok) bush bursting with white flowers may surprise you also! You may also be surprised to see hundreds of bats dangling from the tall branches of Eucalyptus, Buddha Narikel, Champa and Tamarind trees. You will come across signs everywhere asking the visitors to behave themselves and not to embarrass others. The idea is no doubt good and has proved fruitful. One must not come to visit this wonderful and amazing garden unless he has patience, tolerance and time too. Visiting Baldha Garden is a lifetime experience that one must not miss if one has the capability to come here. The trees, plants, colorful flowers,even morning mist and other scene everywhere are feast for the eyes!! Happy reading the text and viewing the photos: source. various and the daily star.           |
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2/11/2015 7:27 am |
Beautiful. There appear to be many of the same vegetation as here. Spiritwoman ^i^
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Mrs Joe, Delighted to see you back to my blog again.Also glad to learn that you had a tolerable winter. We like winter here in my country for various good reasons.Our winter was also more than tolerable this year. I really feel what you miss, Mrs Joe. Trust that you have excellent company to pass your time conversing face to face. I do it on line with my only friend whom I adore.Have a nice week. Best wishes
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Beautiful. There appear to be many of the same vegetation as here.
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You are very correct when you say that garden is a great place to take and educate children about nature. When I was young, my two childs always accompanied me to Gardens and the Zoo on weekly holidays.Yes Roxy, we are fortunate to have this garden within reach. It is one of the oldest garden that still exist for last 100 plus years.Thanks and best wishes Roxy,`
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Hi Look, Thanks for this informative blog of yours with its display. Gazing at each of these pics, I could notice the same type of flowers and ferns we have here as well. On the 1st pic, it's Milk leaves; on the 2nd, the Water Lily's, the fine bamboo fern and the fence blooms; on the 3rd is the Red Blood blooms, the Roses and the Dahlias; on the 4th Roses and the decorated pine; on the 6th the dwarf pot palm; on the 7th the shrubs and so on. Good blog MBN. Wish you all the best. Lisa.
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Glad to read you here on my blog after a long time. Also thanks for the comment left by you on this page. I am really pleased for the opportunity given by this site to share something of my country which has pleased you too. Best wishes. Have a nice week, Rosie.
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Hi Look, Thanks for this informative blog of yours with its display. Gazing at each of these pics, I could notice the same type of flowers and ferns we have here as well. On the 1st pic, it's Milk leaves; on the 2nd, the Water Lily's, the fine bamboo fern and the fence blooms; on the 3rd is the Red Blood blooms, the Roses and the Dahlias; on the 4th Roses and the decorated pine; on the 6th the dwarf pot palm; on the 7th the shrubs and so on. Good blog MBN. Wish you all the best. Lisa. What a delightful way to teach me how to recognize details of the plants and flowers from pictures uploaded to share information about my country with all I personally know or not know. I have seen your own garden and is aware of the care you take to preserve the nature as it is! Thank you so much MLD for describing the plants, flowers.and even fern and shrubs! To tell you the truth, I could not recognize the things mentioned by you while viewing the photos. Amazing my dear Lisa! Best wishes and regards Look.
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I would enjoy spending time in this enchanted garden ~ thank you for the introduction Look :- )
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I would enjoy spending time in this enchanted garden ~ thank you for the introduction Look :- ) I shall be delighted to welcome my friends from this site to my city if they wish to visit us to spend sometime here in this enchanting garden and also like to visit other places of interests such as Sundorbon forest, Cox's Bazar sea beach, Kuakata sea beach etc. So you are welcome too, Lilium. Thanks for visiting the blog and leaving your comment. I appreciate. Have a wonderful coming weekend.
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Feel really pleased that I could share my joy with all those who like my blogs! Thanks,Roseslady, for stopping by my blog and for leaving such inspiring Comment. Yes, no garden should be without a gazebo!!!!
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thatbillguy . I thank you so much for your kind and meaningful comments left on my blog. I am really sorry to learn that you could not view four of the photos but other six are beautiful.I do not know what had happened with these four but I have since refreshed the page and trust that these four will now show properly.Thanks again for your post. Have a nice weekend Bill, my friend.
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