Hidden garden at Yishun hospital draws green thumbs
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A photo of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's (KTPH) rooftop community garden, which has more than 50 varieties of edible plants and fruit on March 21, 2013. Green thumbs are heading over to KTPH in Yishun. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Pandanus amaryllifolius, also known as pandan leaves, grow at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's (KTPH) rooftop community garden, which has more than 50 varieties of edible plants and fruit on March 21, 2013. Green thumbs are heading over to KTPH in Yishun. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Kai-lan, also known as chinese broccoli, grow in boxes at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's (KTPH) rooftop community garden, which has more than 50 varieties of edible plants and fruit on March 21, 2013. Green thumbs are heading over to KTPH in Yishun. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Singapore Flyer offers visitors a rainforest experience beyond the spectacular views in the air. Nestled at the base of the huge observation wheel is a 1,700 sq m garden that has at least 17 plant species and a verdant Sky Deck on the roof of the Flyer's two-storey carpark next door. -- ST PHOTO: EDWARD TEO
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Singapore Flyer offers visitors a rainforest experience beyond the spectacular views in the air. Nestled at the base of the huge observation wheel is a 1,700 sq m garden that has at least 17 plant species and a verdant Sky Deck on the roof of the Flyer's two-storey carpark next door. -- ST PHOTO: EDWARD TEO
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Singapore Flyer offers visitors a rainforest experience beyond the spectacular views in the air. Nestled at the base of the huge observation wheel is a 1,700 sq m garden that has at least 17 plant species and a verdant Sky Deck on the roof of the Flyer's two-storey carpark next door. -- ST PHOTO: EDWARD TEO
A photo of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's (KTPH) rooftop community garden, which has more than 50 varieties of edible plants and fruit on March 21, 2013. Green thumbs are heading over to KTPH in Yishun. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Pandanus amaryllifolius, also known as pandan leaves, grow at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's (KTPH) rooftop community garden, which has more than 50 varieties of edible plants and fruit on March 21, 2013. Green thumbs are heading over to KTPH in Yishun. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Kai-lan, also known as chinese broccoli, grow in boxes at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's (KTPH) rooftop community garden, which has more than 50 varieties of edible plants and fruit on March 21, 2013. Green thumbs are heading over to KTPH in Yishun. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Singapore Flyer offers visitors a rainforest experience beyond the spectacular views in the air. Nestled at the base of the huge observation wheel is a 1,700 sq m garden that has at least 17 plant species and a verdant Sky Deck on the roof of the Flyer's two-storey carpark next door. -- ST PHOTO: EDWARD TEO
Singapore Flyer offers visitors a rainforest experience beyond the spectacular views in the air. Nestled at the base of the huge observation wheel is a 1,700 sq m garden that has at least 17 plant species and a verdant Sky Deck on the roof of the Flyer's two-storey carpark next door. -- ST PHOTO: EDWARD TEO
Singapore Flyer offers visitors a rainforest experience beyond the spectacular views in the air. Nestled at the base of the huge observation wheel is a 1,700 sq m garden that has at least 17 plant species and a verdant Sky Deck on the roof of the Flyer's two-storey carpark next door. -- ST PHOTO: EDWARD TEO
Green thumbs are heading over to the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun - not to see the doctor or visit a sick friend.
Instead, they are heading to a 2,200sq m community garden located on the rooftop to plant vegetables and fruit.
Since the launch of the hospital in 2010, a group of about 15 volunteers have gone there regularly to grow and harvest crops such as kai lan and corn, and fruit trees such as papaya and banana.
Their efforts are chronicled in a chapter of new book, A Healing Space: Creating Biodiversity At Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Priced at $28, the title was launched in February 2013 to highlight the green steps that the hospital has taken.
