Before we go into the park, there was a main sign of Bird Park, with some fishes in the water, but if without the text "Taman Burung", which means "Bird Park" in malay language, I don't really know here is the bird park if I came here without being told that I am going to Bird Park, and there are no any statues or pictures of birds to indicate here is the Bird Park.
FOCUS and EMOTION
A bird figure designed trash bin that represent the theme of bird park.
Emu in their own cage, they are restricted to walk away from this small area because they are considered aggressive, or they might threaten the visitors as their size was slightly huge than many birds.
SPACE, FORM and ORIENTATION
The environment of bird park was just looks like a zoo but this place has a lot of trees and the space was very huge. There were tons of bird species in this covered area, and those birds are restricted to flying away from this area because the net is place at the top. This can ensure that birds are safe within the area too.
Birds are standing on the roof of a cafe, and the net on the top is to prevent these birds flee from this particular area.
Most of the birds such as flamingos were giving freedom so that they can flying around in a very huge space, and staffs will be feeding these birds by giving them fishes.
Some birds such eagles, owls and ostriches are placed in the separate space since they might be a threat for the other birds and perhaps for visitors as well. A scene which plenty of birds are flying around freely in front of you was magnificent. These birds are not aggressive and some of them are beautiful looking as well, such as peacocks.
This is how they put some aggressive birds such as emu, in a space, which separate both visitors and birds with a fence, so that visitors can enjoy looking at the birds in close length without worrying being attacked by the birds.
KNOWLEDGE and TASK
There were a lot of boards within an area to tell the visitors what kind of birds they are, the name of the bird and the brief description.
A map billboard to show the location of each different area, not all the birds were placing together in only one huge space. Each color in the map stands for different region which contains different species of bird.
A board in front of Emu's cage, which they use to educate the visitors about the brief detail of the bird.
Yet another brief detail printed on a billboard to transmit information to user.
EXPERIENCE
At the end of the exploration at Bird Park, I realized that I didn't wear a cap or a hat. This is not to avoid the hot weather since the bird park is filled with a lot of trees, but this can use to avoid "bird's droppings", and luckily I was not "targeted" by the birds :-)
Anyway it was a good experience especially when the birds were in the same space as where we were standing, and it give me a good impression because I'm able to see these birds flying in such a close range, especially the part which the flamingos are flying freely surrounding me. It was a different feeling when we watched this scene in a movie or at a very far range.
-- THE ORCHID GARDEN --
The Orchid Garden, just the opposite of Bird Park. The design of orchid garden is just like a big circle, with both exit and entrance are in front of the orchid garden, although there are no sign to show which stairs are the entrance and the exit, which could cause confusion to visitors.
There were shops at the Orchid Park, and most of visitors, including myself, were using this path to avoid the extremely hot sun light, and there was a few resting area under a tree.
FOCUS and EMOTION
Not really sure what kind of plants / objects are these, but It made me felt curious when I was closer to these, somehow it reminded me of logging. Anyway these were attracting though.
This area gave me a sense of scary because those plants didn't look friendly, especially the one hanging on the top, looks more like parasites.
Another strange looking stuff, looks interesting, why did they do this? But for me it's considered creative, which can save a lot of space and exhibiting the flowers using such a good composition.
I don't really know what is this, parasites perhaps ? but it did attracted my attention when I was walking in this area although it's not very beautiful. My understanding on plants and flowers was still a beginner level.
I am not sure how many times I ever seen flowers on the trees. Most of the flowers I seen in my entire life, most of them are on a small plant, or in vase, I rarely seen flowers on a tall and big tree, that why this attracted me a lot. Maybe I seldom observe and explore more on big trees when I went out to other nature places last time.
SPACE, FORM and ORIENTATION
At the top of Orchid Garden, probably the highest area, with a lot of flowers placed nicely in a shape, which make it looks beautiful.
A fountain at the orchid garden, although it's just a normal fountain but it's always good to put a fountain in a flower themed garden since this always attracting people, especially in a hot weather.
A scene which looks like a true garden. Plenty of plants surrounding and really attracting people who love nature.
This is a small man-made pool with a lot of lotus leaves, which has a better impact on making this place more beautiful.
This road path with plants surrounding is a great environment as it showed a very strong feeling of nature, especially the plants surrounding are almost filled in all spaces.
KNOWLEDGE and TASK
Some plants exhibited, with a billboard written "Pick any flowers and throw rubbishes here is prohibited". This is to ensure people don't break the rules set up at Orchid Garden.
EXPERIENCE
Overall this Orchid Garden exploration was a good experience for people who love nature and green. Maybe some part of it's are not very attractive but somehow it managed to show the theme and the concept of this garden. Well, the pool with lotus leaves on the top of the garden is good, some strange looking plants are also attracting especially for people who seldom or never go to nature world. To be honest, I not sure whether the flowers I seen in the garden is Orchid or not, since the name of this place called Orchid Garden.
Since I don't have a good understanding on flowers and plants, so I think this trip actually helped me and impressed me a lot.
