Are you interested in having your very own medicinal and edible garden in your very own backyard? If you're a teacher in charge of your school's garden project, what about utilizing herbs to landscape and beautify the school's compounds? Whether you're putting your green fingers to use at home or for large scale projects, you will definitely want to hear about using gingers and herbs for landscape purposes.
The Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) will be organizing a Public Awareness talk for garden and landscape ethusiasts, come Friday, 18 June 2010 beginning 3.00pm at its premises in Semengoh. The talk will be delivered by a speaker who is renowned for putting together ideas for gardens and landscapes through Asia's premier gardening magazine – Garden Asia.
Professor Dr Hajjah Ibrahim, the editor of Garden Asia and the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine, Datin Nik Radiah Nik Hassan will be in Kuching to feature SBC's own Laila Taib Ethnobotanical garden in the magazine. Prof Halijah will take the opportunity during her trip to garden enthusiasts about using gingers and herbs for landscape and provide other garden and landscape tips.
Prof Halijah who is also from the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya will talk on the topic for about an hour and those who attend the talk will also have the opportunity to view photos of several local gingers and herbs that could be used for landscape purposes and SBC's garden for ideas.
Those intending to attend the talk can contact Asha or Ha-Mim at the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre via 082-610610, 016-8936991 (tel) or biosar@sbc.org.my (email). There will be no entrance fees charged for the talk. However as seats are limited, confirmation of reservation will be on a first come first serve basis.
