Gardening

Seeds from Japan’s only tree to survive the 2011 tsunami to be stored at a British seed bank

The Pacific coast at Rikuzentakata in Japan used to be famous for its 70,000 pine trees. All but one were washed away by the tsunami.

Mad About Gardening

How Instagram microgardener Airene Tan harvests edibles from her 2 sq m HDB balcony

Singapore microgardener Airene Tan with a platter of produce harvested from her balcony edible garden, including Chinese chives, local lettuce, purple king bak choy, Siberian kale and coriander, on Oct 30.

The latest wealth flex for your home? Big old trees

Environmental Design Inc's residential crane move, placing a large boxed tree into a backyard for immediate landscape scale.

People are hungry for carnivorous plants – and feeding the bottom line of speciality nurseries

Carnivorous plants might sound like flesh-eating killers but it is insects, not Seymours, that they eat.

500 allotment gardening plots in Singapore up for grabs from Oct 20

The plots are located across 13 sites, including HortPark (91 plots), Punggol Waterway Park (84 plots) and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park (68 plots).

Root Awakening

Frangipani can grow into a large tree and needs space

Frangipani plants should ideally be spaced about 3m apart.

Japanese football players work in apple orchards to broaden career options

Mamoru Kamisasanuki, 27, joined Blancdieu and has been working for Red Apple, a company that produces and sells apples.

Mad About Gardening

The right-sized sanctuary: Finding joy in the smaller garden

Former The Straits Times journalist Irene Ngoo’s new condo garden and her new season in life.

Plant Parenting

Clearing the air: Are houseplants as effective as air purifiers during the haze?

While plants may not be effective in purifying the air, caring for them can help ease the stress of dealing with the haze.

One year after Min’s Garden is uprooted, a retired journalist and her new condo garden flourish

One year since Irene Ngoo transplanted her “jungle” from a colonial bungalow to a compact condo, the plants and the former journalist are flourishing after the upheaval.

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