Category: Botanical garden project
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The Healing Power of Plants: Traditional Remedies and Modern Uses at Senteurs d’Angkor
For centuries, Cambodians have turned to nature for healing, using locally grown plants and herbs to create remedies for both body and mind. At Senteurs d’Angkor Workshop and Garden, we embrace this ancient wisdom by crafting products infused with the natural benefits of Cambodian botanicals. Ingredients like lemongrass, turmeric, kaffir lime, and galangal have long…
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The Secret Ingredients of Cambodian Cuisine: A Flavourful Experience
Cambodian cuisine is a rich tapestry of flavours, crafted from a unique blend of natural ingredients. At Senteurs d’Angkor, we celebrate this culinary heritage by incorporating essential ingredients like kaffir lime, turmeric, cinnamon and galangal into our products. These vibrant flavours are not only staples in traditional Cambodian cooking but also provide a sensory experience…
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Workshop improvement project: day 10
It’s a real baby boom at Senteurs d’Angkor ! 10 baby chicks and 9 baby ducks are now enjoying our green space and we can also observe baby peppercorns and limes ! Today, we also added pineapple, chili and dragon fruit to our garden and we can see the butterfly pea flower blooming with its…
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Workshop improvement project: day 9
Happy new year everyone! Thank you for your support and for following our project started in 2021, developing in 2022! After a short break, we are back to our project. Information signs about trees, plants, flowers… species are now installed. So far we can count more than 70 species at the workshop and we continue planting…
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Workshop improvement project: day 8
It is a great time to maintain all the wooden furniture as well. Our team varnished all the chairs, tables, cart… so it looks fresher now ! Did you know that we have a tea & coffee bar at Senteurs d’Angkor Workshop? Have some local coffee, tea or other healthy drinks at the end of…
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Workshop improvement project: day 7
On Day 7, we planted many fruit trees which, we hope, will grow well and bring us many fruits in a near future. Cherry tree, litchi tree, jackfruit tree, pomelo tree, kaffir lime tree, passion fruit tree… Are you able to recognize them? Fruits are common but we don’t always know how they grow.…
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Workshop improvement project: day 6
Our place starts to look greener and greener thanks to the grass and the hard work of all our team. We also install big aloe vera which is a really special plant with many benefits especially in natural cosmetics. We also use it in our products. We often hear about it but our aim…
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Workshop improvement project: day 5
Every morning, the white water lilies are now blooming next to our shop. While on the rooftop of the shop, ou solar panels are working all day to provide electricity to the entire office building. Our team also worked on wooden structures to create shadows to protect the plants of the rooftop to help them…
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Workshop improvement project: day 4
As our green space is clean and clear now, we can start planting. On Day 4, we are happy to plants our first Jasmine plants and Champa tree, beautiful flowers of Cambodia Did you know? Ms. Chantha, our sales manager (planting Jasmine plants on the picture), working with us for many years, is also a…
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Workshop improvement project: day 3
Day 3 was not as sunny as the other days but we were very excited as, besides the general cleaning, we start the planting process with our first pepper plants next to our spices station. We also continue to organize and implement the waste sorting and compost making at the workshop. All our team is…
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Workshop improvement project: day 2
Today is the second day of our project and we can already see some differences. We keep cleaning up the workshop and some members of our team had a ‘waste sorting’ training this morning. Step by step, they will pass the information and train the rest of our team so we can reduce waste and…
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Workshop improvement project: day 1
This morning at Senteurs d’Angkor, the team started their new improvement project at the Workshop. Every Monday, they will join forces to clean up, arrange, plant… and improve all the Workshop area.