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Trees

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

Israeli settlers steal Palestinians' olives as attacks on harvest grow more violent

A Jewish settler walks towards olive trees owned by Palestinians due to be harvested, near the Israeli settlement Neve Daniel, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 12, 2026. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
A Jewish settler walks towards olive trees owned by Palestinians due to be harvested, near the Israeli settlement Neve Daniel, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 12, 2026. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Public to be able to decorate trees at Botanic Gardens as part of Gardens-A-Glow initiative

Some 250 decorated trees will be showcased across the Singapore Botanic Gardens from Dec 5 to Jan 3, 2027.
Some 250 decorated trees will be showcased across the Singapore Botanic Gardens from Dec 5 to Jan 3, 2027.

Forum: Tree-felling death in Katong calls for pre-work safety checks

New safety, maintenance standard in the works as Singapore’s skyrise greenery booms

The Singapore Standard on the Design for Safety and Maintainability of Skyrise Greenery will cover rooftop and vertical greenery such as rooftop gardens, landscaped balconies and green walls.
The Singapore Standard on the Design for Safety and Maintainability of Skyrise Greenery will cover rooftop and vertical greenery such as rooftop gardens, landscaped balconies and green walls.

Israeli settlers burn olive trees, injure journalist in West Bank attack

Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has surged since Sept 27.
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has surged since Sept 27.

‘Under attack’ from fragrance, Hanoi prunes its famous blossoms

Motorists drive along a street lined with milkwood trees in Hanoi on Oct 15.
Motorists drive along a street lined with milkwood trees in Hanoi on Oct 15.

Worker dies after tree-felling accident at private property in Katong

The Ministry of Manpower said that the man was in the middle of tree-felling works when the tree toppled at its base, causing him to fall together with the tree.
The Ministry of Manpower said that the man was in the middle of tree-felling works when the tree toppled at its base, causing him to fall together with the tree.

‘Act before it’s too late’: Tokyo residents fight for more trees

As Japan experiences ever more frequent extreme heat, tree cover that can help lower temperatures is shrinking rather than growing in Tokyo.
As Japan experiences ever more frequent extreme heat, tree cover that can help lower temperatures is shrinking rather than growing in Tokyo.

Malayan crape myrtles herald ‘autumn’ in Singapore

Fiery red flushes of young leaves of Malayan Crape Myrtle at MacRitchie Reservoir Park on Sept 25.
Fiery red flushes of young leaves of Malayan Crape Myrtle at MacRitchie Reservoir Park on Sept 25.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.