Best-of-the-best garden in Singapore

Hi Friends,

Yesterday, I had a chance to visit a Japanese MNC in eastern part of Singapore. What’s interesting about this company is that it has a rooftop garden. It is actually a ‘dry’ garden of drought-resistant plants and a collection of herb, fruits and vegetable plots. 

The garden is managed by a team of gardening club members, comprising of company’s staff and Managers. They would normally clock voluntary overtime – either coming in early, staying back after work or returning on weekends to attend to the plants and the place.

 At times, members gather to harvest their crop (eg sweet potatoes) they have planted.  I think such partnership between employers and employees in the greening of the workplace is an ideal way to achieve ‘win-win’ situation between the two parties.

 

In fact, we were told that the garden has won them a gold award at a nationwide gardening contest – Community in Bloom, which is organized once every two years by the National Parks Board (NParks). To me, Singapore is termed as a Garden City and visiting this rooftop garden is like seeing the best-of-the-best garden in Singapore!