Speech by Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat at the Singapore Garden Festival Awards Night on 29 July ...
Your passion is inspiring and an indispensable part of the Festival. The second set of awards is for the highly anticipated Show Garden Competition. This has always been a crowd favourite, with renowned, award-winning local and international landscape designers taking part. Across the island, we now have over 1,800 community gardens and nearly 2,200 allotment garden plots in 25 Parks. I am confident that the Festival will further galvanise this growing interest in community gardening. Singapore Botanic Gardens is the site of Singapore’s earliest garden and flower shows. The previous edition of the Festival in 2020 was unfortunately cancelled because of COVID-19. But one silver lining is that during the pandemic, many of us developed a newfound appreciation for our green spaces. It is a wonderful garden, and our first UNESCO World Heritage site. Your passion is inspiring and an indispensable part of the Festival. The second set of awards is for the highly anticipated Show Garden Competition. This has always been a crowd favourite, with renowned, award-winning local and international landscape designers taking part. Across the island, we now have over 1,800 community gardens and nearly 2,200 allotment garden plots in 25 Parks. I am confident that the Festival will further galvanise this growing interest in community gardening. Singapore Botanic Gardens is the site of Singapore’s earliest garden and flower shows. The previous edition of the Festival in 2020 was unfortunately cancelled because of COVID-19. But one silver lining is that during the pandemic, many of us developed a newfound appreciation for our green spaces. It is a wonderful garden, and our first UNESCO World Heritage site.
(From left) Mr Eliam Eng, Mr Kenny Eng and Mr Andy Eng in their show garden at the Singapore Garden Festival, on July 29, 2022. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN.
"Across the island, we now have 1,800 community gardens and nearly 2,200 allotment garden plots in 25 parks." "In my ward in East Coast, and in other constituencies around Singapore, community gardens are blossoming and flourishing," he said. The garden titled The Orchard Bridge and five other show gardens are now on display at the biennial festival, which is being held at Ngee Ann City and Ion Orchard, as well as at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
People view the participating works of the Show Garden competition, as part of the media preview of the Singapore Garden Festival in Singapore on July 29, ...
People view participating works of the Show Garden competition, as part of the media preview of the Singapore Garden Festival in Singapore on July 29, 2022. People view participating works of the Show Garden competition, as part of the media preview of the Singapore Garden Festival in Singapore on July 29, 2022. People view the participating works of the Show Garden competition, as part of the media preview of the Singapore Garden Festival in Singapore on July 29, 2022.