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Singapore Outdoor Living Garden Design Takeaways



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My first Singapore outdoor living garden design observation was…the principle of enclosure. The lounging area off our room at the Fort Canning Hotel was perfect in scale, degree of privacy, and intimacy and not at all claustrophobic or confining (despite the humidity). Different plant material and a different climate, but good garden design still delivers.
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46 Comments

  6. Jeannine F

    How beautiful! Such a lovely bride-to-be, now your daughter-in-law! Congrats to all! Looking forward to seeing more beautiful videos from your trip! This has already given me a great idea!

  7. Rebekah Johnson

    Beautiful video! Everything is Gorgeous! Your son and his bride are really fortunate to have their wedding in a beautiful paradise. Linda, keep sending all the wonderful videos and enjoy your trip. Rebekah in NC.

  9. Kathryn Mettelka

    The terrace is fabulous. The plantings are designed to provide some privacy without inducing claustrophobia. A lovely area to find serenity. Gardens don't have to be full of flowers. Asian gardens seem to rely on long-lasting plants some of which flower. I will be creating a new garden in South Carolina at a house in a retirement village this winter. The garden can't be fussy, so I will plant trees and shrubs with interesting form, textures, and colors.

  11. Fairground Fox

    That small hedge plant in the planter box, with tiny leaves is called Eugenia or Syzygium Myrtifolium. I think.

  12. Srinivasa M

    👍👍Excellent, thank you very very much for the wonderful narration of beautiful courtyard Garden design of Hotel Fort Canning,

  13. Srinivasa M

    Your English language and accent are very clear/ perfect so that anyone in this world can understand easily,
    Waiting for more Singapore diaries,
    Thank you once again, With best wishes to all in your family ( from India )

  14. Althea B.

    Beautiful, Linda. I just love tropical plants….probably because they are so different from what we have in New England. Looking forward to all your videos from your trip. 😊💖🦋🕊

  16. Terry Courtney

    Linda, welcome home and thank you for sharing your Singapore Diaries, I love the lushness of the terrace. One of the comments mentioned these tropical plants we grew as house plants back in the day… one plant comes to mind is a ginger or some kind of tea plant. Looking forward to seeing more of your adventures. I'm happy you're home safe and sound. Your son and new daughter-in-law are a beautiful couple, congratulations!

  17. joann dees

    In Florida, we call those Lady Fingers Palm. They're lovely & great for indoors & outdoors (zone permitting.) They prefer dappled light outdoors or indoors, place in bright, indirect light. A low maintenance plant that will provide beauty for years.

  20. Betty in Arlington

    Wonderful to see the relaxed bride and groom! Can you do a segment on how well prepared you were for travel? What you used compared to what you should have taken? Or, were you prepared for the trip?

  21. Ting Zhao

    Totally agree. Love the planters to separate your space from the neighbors, especially for a townhouse environment.

  22. Ricky Lee

    Agree simplicity in design and placement makes for a structurally pleasing sanctuary vs multiplicity of planting just to have variety for variety sake. This is especially true for those areas considered “enclosures”. Notice the similar type of plants used.

  23. Terri Hart

    I love the way they put lights on the pretty trees. The material hanging makes it , to me, look like a space of it's own. I love the privacy it pretends to give you. Lovely place. Is that called a cabana of sorts?

  24. Nina Johnson

    Interesting use of non colors. My back patio is black, cream and grey with no other color. I haven’t really seen it before. I live in New Mexico and don’t enjoy the riot of color here. All flowers in my back patio are white.

  25. Heather Lockhart

    I've already added the idea of container walls and love the effect. Everything is movable and I like that. I've been struggling with the roof idea and I really like the idea of fabric so that is something for me to consider. Loved the Inspiration it helps to invision my initial ideas.

  28. Cindy Gibbons

    Does anyone know the name of the background music playing in the last minute. I’ve heard it used before. Thank you.

  30. Daniel Allen

    The idea of an enclosed courtyard has appealed to me as an enclave free from deer browsing. Unfortunately, our current home's layout doesn't particularly lend itself to creating a courtyard space. But definitely an idea for a potential future home down the road!

  31. Charlotte Nunnery

    Linda, so glad you are home safely and back to your bed….our beds are what we miss the most when away on a long trip.
    I want to say that your son Johnny is so lucky to live in such an advance country as Singapore! I just finished watching a wonderful National Geographic video on Singapore and its amazing to see how advanced they are in every area of what other countries including the US and the challenges we are going to be facing in the near future. Singapore has their act together and implementing new discoveries of growing vegetables via "Sustenir Agriculture" method to feed the people, turning sea water into drinking water, protecting the banks from hackers, leading in technology, developing new technologies in the medical field….I am so impressed. America could learn so much from Singapore as well as Japan. But our country has old age leaders, greed takes center stage, everyone wants to make a buck off the next guy, our leaders are not interested in the American people. It was so refreshing to learn what Singapore is doing for their country and their people. You probably know exactly what I'm talking about here. Welcome back!

  32. shirley prescott

    oh my gosh! I had tears in my eyes! Thank you for this ….. beautiful, and I cant wait to see more! Your son is adorable!

  33. Garden Love in High Desert

    Oh Linda one of my favorite videos you’ve made…It sounded like a Wednesday morning walk about but in a different country of course 💚…Thank you for giving us a glimpse of your beautiful trip for such a special occasion 💚😊

  38. Gary McDade

    Sheila McDade in Chattanooga, TN here . . . Isn't the fern that is on the tree in your hotel courtyard called RESURRECTION FERN? My father-in-law had a huge oak tree in his backyard in Fordyce, Arkansas that had a fern on it and he called it a RESURRECTION FERN.

  39. Pam Houglan

    Your own patio area! It’s so pretty. In answer to your QOD, I want to place some air plants on the trunk of my Rhapis excelsa (lady palm). Should be pretty but not as pretty as those fabulous trees in Singapore…

  41. Eileen Chang

    Thanks Linda, I have this large outdoor raised rectangular planter and I think I know how I will use it next gardening season, with plants and vines to drape behind a shade garden. Congratulations to your son on his marriage ! 🌎🇨🇦

  42. Anna K

    Love seeing how they used containers to create the individual courtyards, and how the containers are all very geometric but have a variety of sizes and shapes.

  43. Patricia Bernard

    The best You Tubers to me are the ones that share some personal stuff. You Tubers are free to experiment with their content and I find many can share without too many issues arising. Thank you, Linda and family for sharing.

  44. D.L. N.

    What fun to see “ the kids”. There is nothing more enjoyable than being surrounded by our children and their friends.
    I loved the planters with what looks like bamboo growing in them. In FL we have a balcony off our bedroom. I always wanted to put some big concrete planters and bamboo on the balcony , but after seeing the destruction caused by Ian with concrete planters knocked over , l am going to pass.

  46. ADz5bNewEng

    I love limbing up multi-trunk small trees and large shrubs. Really good with large rhododendrons, azaleas, mtn laurels, viburnums…even magnolias here in zone 5b/6a Massachusetts.
    Some I treat as specimen elements and others I use as backdrops for smaller shrubs in front.

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