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Dec 2, 2016 · Learn how to grow Vernonia elliptica, a plant that was used by Lee Kuan Yew to green and beautify Singapore. See photos of the plant and tips on how to care for it.
Learn how Greenhost adopted the Lee Kuan Yew plant, a dangling vine from Burma, as its iconic feature and how to care for it at home. The plant was named after the former Singapore Prime Minister who initiated the Garden City project.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew recognised the importance of greenery in the urbanisation of Singapore. Mr Lee, also known as Singapore’s Chief Gardener, launched the first nationwide tree-planting campaign and Singapore’s greening movement by planting a Mempat sapling at Farrer Circus on 16 June 1963.
Feb 15, 2016 · Mr Lee Kuan Yew did not just have a broad vision of transforming Singapore into a Garden City, but played a key role when it came to the detailed planning.
Under Lee tree planting was pursued, in 1963 he began a tree-planting campaign which aimed to plant 10,000 saplings a year and in 1971 a 'Tree-Planting Day' was established. One of the goals of this was to increase rainfall.
May 4, 2023 · The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew can be thanked for these trees and Singapore’s evolution from a Garden City to City in Nature. He was afterall affectionately known as Singapore’s Chief Gardener. Mr Lee was particularly fond of the rain tree, the angsana, the acacia for beautifying Singapore.
Jul 30, 2018 · Learn how Singapore transformed from a polluted backwater into a green city-state under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, who called himself the 'Chief Gardener'. Discover how the National Parks Board and the youth are preserving and enhancing Singapore's biodiversity and urban spaces.
