Happy Steps travel blog

Home improvement ideas from travel

Our family had a nice day tour at the Royal Flora Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand two years ago where we saw lots of great flower arrangement ideas for our home. Colorful plants and flowers were stacked on different levels of iron bars making a nice ‘flower column’ which is great for gardens with little space. Flowers were not planted directly on soil but on thin black plastic pots and grouped together to complement the other varieties. This makes it easier to replace with a new variety and planting these flowers on the pots gives more flexibility and creativity in your garden arrangement. The trip to the flower festival inspired us to spruce up our garden with the ideas we got from their presentation.
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Flower Power at the Rauma Art Museum

The Rauma Biennale Balticum 2008 art festival is currently ongoing at the Rauma Art Museum in Old Rauma, Finland. The exhibition, which started last June 14 and will end on September 21, features prominent Biennale artists such as Aija Zarina, Krista Leesi, Lutz Mommartz, Malgorzata Markiewicz and many others with this year’s theme ‘Flower Power’ which showcases a blend of contemporary art and tropical inspiration.
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Happy steps at home

When I’m not visiting another place, riding in a bus that would take me to another island or waiting at the airport lounge, my steps usually wander right here at home. Yup, the garden outside our house, though not that spectacular and well-landscaped, provides a happy trip of sorts among the plants and blooms. I’m sharing here some of those pretty flowers that seem to smile at you as you pass them by.

Bangkok Kalachuchi

White Angel

Orchids

Photos taken from my site ideasnpink.