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Property Map of Baan Sammi: Community and Private Areas |
- The property has private and community areas, as shown on the map above.
- Each house has a private garden area (pea green areas on the map). If a house is rented, the private garden area has not to be entered by other tenants or guests.
- The community garden area (light bluish green areas on the map) can be used by any tenant or guest for recreation e.g., for a walk, for using barbecue equipment, for foraging wild edible plants.
- The outdoor seating area within the community garden, east of Clerodendrum Chalet South ("CCS" on the map), can be used by any tenant or guest. This area can also be used for a party, but prior notification of such an event is requested.
- The hexagonal gazebo ("gz" on the map) in the community garden east of Chom Doi Pavilion ("CDP" on the map) can be used by any tenant or guest. It is perfect for a coffee break, reading and relaxing, yoga, and meditation. There is a ceiling fan and a socket for using electric devices. Chairs or easy chairs and a small coffee table can be added to the gazebo to create a seating area.
- Any garden area should only be accessed by pathways, which may be paved or unpaved. Some minor unpaved pathways are allowed to be overgrown by certain low groundcover plants (such as Oplismenus compositus and Oxalis corniculata); these plants are walkable. Other areas that are due to be grown by herbaceous and other plants may not be entered to protect plants and wildlife, except for garden maintenance work.
- The pathways and driveway invite you to stroll and relax. Several places are suitable for barbecues and can be used for this purpose.
- The vegetation has grown partly wild, partly it has been planted. It consists of trees and shrubs, bamboo, climbers, most of them indigenous, and ornamental trees and shrubs, most with fragrant flowers, and furthermore palms, ferns, herbs, and orchids. Various fruit trees have been planted, including mango, lychee, rose apple, pomelo, lemon, tamarind, sapodilla, banana, and papaya. The leaves and fruits of many wild herbs and several trees are edible and can be used as vegetables, for soups, and for seasoning. We have a large collection of bamboo, consisting of native and introduced tall and low bamboo species, mainly from the tropics and subtropics of Southeast Asia. For several months a year, delicious bamboo shoots can be harvested.
Guests and tenants can participate to get fruits, vegetables, and bamboo shoots, and in foraging for edible wild plants, which have been produced in sufficient quantities in the garden. Please let us know in advance what you are interested in, and we will guide you in harvesting, foraging, and the plants' usage for food. Please do not harvest anything from the garden without consulting us first because inedible and poisonous plants also grow in the garden.Edible and Poisonous Plants —
this book is available to borrow- Chairs and tables, those made of wood, rattan, or bamboo, can be temporarily brought outdoors (private gardens and terraces). Any equipment made of these materials must not be exposed to the rain, and have to be placed under a covered place overnight, such as the ground level of a pavilion.
- Parasols can be used within private gardens. The base of the parasol needs to be weighed down with two to four pavement slabs 40×40 cm, and the parasol pole should also be fastened with tension belts to a column. If a storm is coming up, the umbrella must remain closed. For more details about the usage of parasols, please read the text under "Info" in the right column of the relevant photo under the subheading "SPORTS — FITNESS — OUTDOORS" in the Album "Home Equipment — Baan Sammi".
- Planter beds and gardening: There are several planter beds within the community garden area. The planter beds are often raised and bordered by laterite stone blocks. Long-term tenants can use the planter beds for growing vegetables and herbs. A tenant can choose from among the planter beds those that are not yet or are no longer used for growing plants. Watering the plants in the planter beds is the tenant's responsibility, as is pulling weeds out from a planter bed and its immediately adjacent areas. Care should be taken to weeding at the right time (depending on the weed's species and weather), especially with seed weeds (seeds distributing abundantly and remotely), i.e., before these seeds can fully develop on the plant to spread. We would be happy to show you which plants are considered weeds. In case you would occasionally like to take part in the general care of the garden, we would like to give you some guidance, for which we have compiled some information in a separate document, Gardening — Maintenance, and in two albums about Weed and Horticultural Stuff.
Property Map of Baan Sammi: Planter Beds
Photos of the individual planter beds are included in the → Album.
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| Common seating area east of Clerodendrum Chalet |
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| Hexagonal gazebo |
