Deer park to be closed: KL Mayor

Deer park to be closed: KL Mayor

The three-decade old Mousedeer Farm in the Perdana Botanical Garden is set to be closed for good soon.

The 1.2ha park is to be converted into a centre for rare plant species while its 52 animals will be sent to Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib said that City Hall was resorting to closing the park as the deer were destroying the mature trees in the park by sharpening their horns on the bark.

"The deer park is old but the trees are even older. We also sent the goats from our pen next to the park two years ago now the land is fertile for plant growth," he said during a seminar on shaping collaborative efforts for the Botanical Gardens in Malaysia.


The deer park in Perdana Botanical Garden is set to be closed and to be converted into a centre for rare plant species.

~News courtesy of New Straits Times~

Inaugural exhibition in Perdana Botanical Gardens

Inaugural exhibition in Perdana Botanical Gardens to coincide with Formula One

INTERNATIONAL football stars Fabio Cannavaro, Fernando Morientes and Michel Salgado will attend the inaugural Bonsai and Orchid Exhibition KL 2012 at Perdana Botanical Gardens on March 24.

The festival, from March 23 to 27, is inspired by Kuala Lumpur mayor Tan Sri Ahmad Fuad Ismail. It is an eco-tourism product for Malaysians as well as international tourists in conjunction with the Formula One in Sepang.

As part of the exhibition, there will be a garden hunt, graffiti competition, flower arrangement competition, cultural show, children’s show, talks and demonstration on bonsai and orchid as well as stalls selling gardening peripherals, fruits, herb and vegetable plants, hydrophonic products and books on landscape and horticulture.

Thing of beauty: Fuad (second from right) admiring the orchids which will be displayed at the Bonsai and Orchid Exhibition KL 2012. With him are (from right) Ng, Fonseka and Normah.

Fuad is confident that the event will draw interest from various groups.

He said the event would be made an annual exhibition in Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s calendar.

“We hope to open the event to an international stage but it all depends on the feedback we receive. The impact from this event will also be beneficial toward the botanical gardens as a must-visit place.

“The event isn’t a duplication of the Putrajaya flower festival as it is focused on bonsai and orchid. Visitors will be able to learn about the beautiful plants.

“A lot of people are interested in the plants but they may lack knowledge, so this will be a great opportunity for them to get first-hand information from the experts,” he said at a press conference to announce the exhibition recently.

Also present were Bonsai N Stone Academy president I.S. Ng, Orchid Society of Selangor and Federal Territory president Datuk C. Fonseka and DBKL deputy director-general Datuk Normah Malik.

～News courtesy of The Star～