Singapore Botanic Garden - Cool House

This is the first time I visited the cool house in Botanic Garden. The best part was it was airconditioned hahaha.


Love how the climbers climbed its way around.



Looked so misty and eerie in here - as if some kind of animal will suddenly jumped out of the bushes hahaha.


Different types of carnivorous plants.

We were so excited to find the insect eating plants but they looked so small.

Skywatch Friday - Going bananas

Having some good shots at plants with the sky in the background.




Saw so many banana plants in the banana gallery.

Wow, this huge bunch of bananas can feed a lot of people hahaha.

Not sure what plant is this but sure looked so cute.

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Pink Saturday - Shuang Lin Monastery - Flowers and Plants

Beside worshipping at the temple, the temple grounds has a very huge garden with lots of bonsai and other plants.

Saw this huge lotus flower grown in the temple ground. It was so tall that I had to tiptoe and raise my hands to capture the flower in my camera. Am pleased it turned out to be pretty.

In buddhism, white lotus represents the state of spiritual perfection and total mental purity (bodhi). It is associated with the White Tara and proclaims her perfect nature, a quality which is reinforced by the color of her body.

Pink Lotus generally reserved for the highest deity. Thus naturally it is associated with the Great Buddha himself
(Source: religion facts)

Ths lotus leaves are so huge, reminded me of the lotus leaves used to wrap glutinous rice.

Water lily


There's a small pond where they grew beautiful water lilies.


The gardener taking care of the plants in a small garden infront of the Goddess of Mercy Hall.

It is interesting to see so many bonsai plants in the temple ground. They are well maintained and taken care of.


The next time you visit the temple, do look out for these plants and flowers.

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My World Tuesday - Shunfu Estate - Part 4 - Plants

Walking around the estate, I could spot those residents living on the ground floor, growing lots of plants. That's one advantage of staying on the ground floor.

These are HDB flats and about 80% of the population stay in these type of flats. They are known as public housing but they dont come cheap. They are in six figures and some are even more expensive than private condominium if they are located near MRT station, amenities and mall. The value of a four room flat (about 100 sq m) can cost about half a million dollars if they are purchased from the open market.

It is cheaper if one bought direct from HDB (housing development board) and they cost about $290,000 for a new four room flat (about 90 sq m) depending on which housing estate they are in. We are allowed to purchase direct from HDB flat twice only and we need to pay a sales levy if we purchased the second flat direct from HDB. (The figure $290,000 is based on a built to order flat that my hubby's nephew bought. Built to order means the flat are all ready except for furniture/cabinets , you just paint and can shift in.)

Most of the plants are grown in pots, they cant grow on the soil cause that's public property.

Spotted a pale pink hibiscus flower, it looked so beautiful.

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Vivo City - Marche's Restaurant-Little Garden-Herbs

They too grow lots of herbs and spices plants. The above plant is curry leaf. Each time I wanted to cook curry chicken or fish, I would get some stalks from the vegetable seller free of charge. The best way to get free extras is to make friends with the vegetable seller. Hubby told me that, the next time you buy any vegetables from her, she just add the cost of the free extras to your purchases...arggggg.

This is ladyfinger or Okra plant but I did not spot any fruit in this plant.

Today is April Fool's day, did any one of you get any pranks played on you? I did play a prank on my hubby. Hubby said I am so childish...lol.

I remembered my late mom would always called me on April Fool's Day and every year she would play the same joke...lol.

She would just called and said she found a huge parcel that contained a lot of money in it and we would always replied her "April Fool's Day". We are so used to the same joke every year...hahahaha.

Vivo City - Marche Restaurant's Little Garden - Fruits

The sight of this brinjal or egg plant growing from the plant really interest me. I did not know the brinjal can grow from a pot. The restaurant's staff must have taken very good care of this little garden, the plants bore fruits so healthily.

Oh I love this too. I saw so many big and round tomatoes growing from this pot.

Some actually are whittering away.

I love tomatoes and they are really very good for the heart.

If you happen to be in Vivo City, do go to the roof top and look for the little garden in front of Marche Restaurant. Very educational for the kids too.

Vivo City - Marche Restuarant - Little Garden

This may looked like a family of cows promoting the Marche's steak restaurant but on closer look, you can see a little garden with plants that actually bear fruits and there are also some herb plants too.

I spotted some chilli plants

More photos coming in later posts.

Skywatch Friday - Hort Park 11 - Wild Plants

Skywatch today is still at Hort Park. I took this photo of the plant by squatting down and looking up....lol.

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