Singapore Garden Festival

Here is a video of the highlights from the official site -
the photos are definitely better than mine -
so enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B24pnqyrXRA

Starting young (singapore garden festival 2010)

Those of you who know me personally, know that I usually have a lot to say about what some of the schools in this little island do - not least since I live across the street from TWO of the more competitive schools on the island!

And it is a rare occassion that I am thoroughly impressed with some of the programs held at the schools.

So it was to my surprise at how impressive this was.
At the Singapore Garden Festival, there was a large area dedicated to the Nanyang Primary School (NPS) FLORAL HARMONY programme.
There were some amazing creations from parents and teachers... and students - some of them as young as 8 years old, and there was a good mix of girls and boys!
It was so impressive - of course the entries were a result of an internal competition etc - but wow! I was completely humbled!!! So much I could learn from them! balance and design was amazing!!!

Apparently it is something that was the brainchild of the PTA of the school, and started off with the parents enrolling in these classes (taught by a professional) and soon encouraged their kids and voila!

a big KUDOS to NPS for encouraging something like this, and KUDOS to the kids and parents for such a fab job!

These were some designs by the parents and teachers from the PTA

and these are a selection from the students!! the one with the bird cage is by a boy age 10-11!

the one with the large sunflower in the pictures below was a design by a little 8 yr old girl!

Alcoholic garden at the Singapore Garden Festival

Hic! Hic!

yes it has taken me awhile to start posting these.
The Singapore Garden Festival was on the 15th July for a week, and i went on the first day and promptly flew off on my travels for July hahaha
So this (and some of the ones to follow) will be slightly delayed...
but as they say GREAT things come to those who wait... sooo

 - those of you who went would have seen these - but I loved these as a great and quirky idea esp if you live in a box in the sky like me.
save your bottles - even the sauce bottles will work with this, though you miss out on the colours that come on the etched alcohol ones
put in a little earth/compost and either start with a baby plant or seeds and away you go -
clear bottles obviously work best cos you need the sun -

and then put them in a crate, box, planter, pot, anything that you like and you have your garden all bottled up ;)