The Beautiful Garden at Seen Hock Yeen Temple in Chemor, Perak

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I am pleasantly surprised by this hidden gem, a magnificient temple with majestic structures, intricately designed and crafted statues and a beautifully landscaped garden complete with lotus and koi ponds, artificial water-falls, rock formations, pagodas and summer pavilions. I visited this place in June 2011 but only get to write a blog post about it now.

The Seen Hock Yeen Temple is located off the Chemor-Sg Siput main road on 1.2 ha of former tin mining land in the town of Chemor, a sleepy hollow about 20 km north of Ipoh.

This temple is managed by a team of volunteers from Chemor town and nearby villages.

My DIY Home Garden in Malaysia - GBBD Sept 2012

Earlier, I have posted a Youtube video for my GBBD post. Here's my picture lineup for Garden Blogger's Bloom Day - GBBD Sept 2012.

Tell me which do you prefer - Youtube video or blog post of my pictures?

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I didn't have much luck when I first started growing anthuriums.

They weren't growing well and they also didn't bear flowers.

I used to wonder why.

Youtube video of My DIY Home Garden in Sept 2012

What I have for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - GBBD September 2012 is a 2 min. Youtube video of 29 photos of flowers blooming in my home garden in Malaysia. Hope this method will reduce the loading time of the pictures in my blog post. Do give me your feedback whether you prefer the pictures to appear one-by-one in my blog post or to view in a Youtube video.

Meanwhile, do enjoy the visit!

In my lineup are the following plants:

1. Anthurium
2. Sunkist ixora
3. Pentas - pink
4. Pentas - red
5. Medinilla asteroides
6. Sweet basil
7. Rose begonia
8. Green heart sunflowers 
9. Common Lime butterfly
10. Ixora fruit berries
11. Phaleria macrocarpa - Mahkota Dewa (Crown of god). 
12. Cat's Whiskers with purple flowers
13. Clitoria ternatea - White Butterfly Pea
14. Cosmos caudatus - Ulam Raja (King's salad)
15. Rose - very scented pink flowers
16. Stevia flowers
17. Desert Rose - Adenium 'Santa Claus'
18. Grasshopper on my sunflower bud
19. Impatiens balsamina - Garden Balsam with orange-red flowers
20. Malvaviscus arboreus
21. Mirabilis jalapa - 4 o'clock flower (yellow)