Vegetable and herb garden
Other plans for creating our own ‘Club in a Garden’ include transforming part of the area behind the tennis field into a vegetable garden. Volunteers of all ages are welcome to join in, and help in planning, building, sowing, and taking care of this garden. Please contact Elmer at gm@hollandseclub.org. sg if you are interested to help. And who knows, maybe in the not too far future we will be serving our own very locally produced veggies and herbs at the Terrace! Please contact Marjon at events@hollandseclub.org.sg to enlist for the Kheam Hock project day on the 18th May, or if you like to be involved in any other way.
What you can do at home
Greening Singapore does not stop at the park or the Club. There are many things you can do at home to enrich biodiversity in your own surroundings. Even if you just have a tiny balcony, planting wildlife-attracting plants is a small, yet important, step towards achieving a greener Singapore and the creation of Nature Ways. Not only that, creating your own green garden at home, however small or large, could enhance your quality of living, as you will start to enjoy the pleasures it brings. Keep you eyes open for yellow-vented bulbuls feeding in your rhododendrons, sunbirds sipping nectar from your heliconia flowers, and
different species of butterflies fluttering round, laying eggs. Try not to get too annoyed with caterpillars munching through the foliage either. Panama Rose, Ixona, Singapore Rhododendron, Heliconia and Red Tree Vine are all beautiful flowering plants that attract butterflies and sunbirds. If you have more space to spare, why not plant trees, like Batoko Plum, Golden Myrtle, or Yellow Cow Wood. A full list of plants, trees, flowers and shrubs recommended for attraction of wildlife are available through NParks. For more information on NParks ‘City in a Garden’ vision please visit: http://www.nparks.gov.sg/ciag/ Alternatively, for further questions call NParks helpline at 18004717300 or email them at: nparks_mailbox@nparks.gov.sg
Event Information: “Enhancing Biodiversity in Kheam Hock” with N-Parks
Saturday, 18 May 2013 at 9.30am, The Lounge. We will walk to the Botanic Gardens at 11.15am for a special behind the scenes tour of the nursery. Members: $5-, Non-Members: $10www.hollandseclub.org.sg Hollandse Club 13