Bali's Gardens

[RainForestt Robert]

The March 2007 issue on Garden Design Magazine has a nice feature on Bali and it's gardens.  I know that it is a favorite of Paul's.  The article goes into some detail on what is perceived to be Bali Style, garden wise.  The principles of this type of tropical design are applicable to me and I would like to incorporate some of them into my garden.  They are Stone decorations, Offerings and Shrines, Dramatic Entryways, The Bale, Still Pools, Deep Roof Overhangs, Carved Stones, Large Cisterns and Quiet, All Pervasive Water.

The same issue also covered "100 plants we love".  I was disappointed that not one palm or cycad was mention.  Come on Garden Design.  Will make some suggestions for next year.

[tomspalmsdotcalm]

Here's a couple of interesting coconut palms seen in a garden in

Sanur, Bali.

Also, suggested for Bali afficionados is this coffee table book,

Helmi, Rio and Walker, Barbara, "Bali Style", the Vendome

Press, © 1995, ISBN 0-86565-983-4

aloha,

[mike453]

Bob,

Thanks for the info on the magazine,  I will try to find it here. I love the bali garden styles.

                       regards, Mike

[iwan]

I will have to check out the article, thanks for the lead.  My biggest peeve about "Bali" style is that 99% of people (especially interior/garden designers) don't even know where Bali is, let alone create a design that even has any hint of it (aside from maybe color palate).  The designs end up being a mish-mash of Hawaiian/Polenesian style, with a few Indian and Thai "artifacts" and maybe a piece of ikat or batik fabric thrown in.  It looks, from the description, that this article may provide a reasonable overview.  There are several good books, including a couple I just found out about this weekend.  I will post some references tonight if there is interest (or they haven't been mentioned).

A couple of pics.

[palmazon]

please post references

[paulgila]

thanks for the tip,trinidadbob!

tom,those are great pics.were you there yourself?

robert great pics as usual.they really show how beautiful

bali style can be.

[iwan]

These are my favorite (so far) books on Balinese architecture/gardens.  Ranked by the number of page markers I have attached (highest to lowest).

Balinese Gardens, William Warren  ISBN 0-500-01680-1

Tropical Garden Design, Made Wijaya  ISBN 0-7946-0242-8 (not entirely Balinese, but still lots of good inspirations).

Living in Bali, Angelica Taschen  ISBN 3-8228-4600-7

Bali Modern, Gianni Francione  ISBN 962-593-466-9

The books above have a good mix of interior and landscape architecture.

Bali Houses, Gianni Francione  ISBN 0-7946-0013-1  (mostly houses/interiors).

This weekend while visiting a Balinese friend (and importer of stone/wood carvings) he highly recommended the following book:

Architecture of Bali, ISBN 0-8248-2683-3.  I am pretty sure the author is Made Wijaya, but I didn't write it down.  A quick browse of this book looked promising.  It looks like it it more focused on actual construction techniques employed in Balinese Architecture.

One other book along this line that I saw this weekend and plan to add is:

Architecture:  Indonesian Heritage,  ISBN 981-3018-30-5 (general).

Now a few more pictures:

And a couple of natural landscapes:

[iwan]

Now, if I could just find a drought tolerant grass to mimic rice!

Hotel architecture:

[paulgila]

rindu bali banyak sekali

[RainForestt Robert]

Robert, thanks for the lovely pics.  A garden tour to Singapore and Bali is being touted in that issue.  

Bali Garden Tour

[Carlo Morici]

Visit    http://www.ptwijaya.com/

Made Wijaya is a leader in Balinese garden design.

Carlo

[paulgila]

yes,some amazing landscape/architecture designs on his website!its worth checking out!