HORTPARK PART 2

This first photo shows the site formerly known as Arbor Garden. The shelter is still around but everything is different now and I have no idea what this new garden is called.


Towards the Butterfly Garden, the extended branches of the sprawling Holmskioldia sanguinea have almost covered the small canal. There was a squirrel that was hiding amongst the branches of the tree next to the enclosure.


The Native Garden has matured over the months and all the plants look so established. The outdoor freshwater aquarium is still there and there are a number of uncommon freshwater fishes in the tank. The Community-in-Bloom (CIB) Garden is now planted with lots of Pandanus plants. One of the latest gardens created, the Garden of Seasons, is looking good although some of the trees were no longer there. I particularly love the variegated Ardisia and Cheilocostus speciosus.


Beside the Silver Garden, I am so happy to see the variegated Beaumontia jerdoniana to be growing so well with numerous sprawling new shoots. It is a pity the plant has not started climbing up the Pterocarpus macrocarpus. The Silver Garden is also undergoing some landscape changes.

GARDEN OF SEASONS

Hmm, these are the photos of the completed garden. I am not too pleased with the design but I guess I just have to live with it.

The top two photos were taken on 4 Feb 10 and the bottom two photos were taken on yesterday 8 Feb 10.

GARDEN OF SEASONS

This topmost photo was taken on 1 Feb 10, the day when we were supposed to implement the landscape change. I took this photo to remind myself of how this garden looked like before I tear it apart.

But due to some issues, this change was pushed back to 4 Feb 10, when these 2 latter photos were taken. The contractor took a while to remove this tree which was wrongly brought to the site. Anyway, this tree was planted near the Visitor's Centre and I will highlight it when it recovers from the planting and start to sprout new leaves!

GARDEN OF SEASONS

These photos were taken on 18 Dec 09.

GARDEN OF SEASONS

I started the planting of this on 4 dec evening, in preparation for the wedding fair. The preparations were delayed for a while and I had no choice but to scramble at the last minute.

I went scouting for plants on the morning of 4 Dec and I wasn't pleased. I always hate to rush my work because quality would inevitably be compromised somehow. But I guess a beggar cannot afford to choose, so I had to settle with whatever I had.

Fortunately, I had purchased some christmas related plants earlier. In this case, the blue spruce was the one that stood out with its silvery blue leaves.

Amidst the heavy downpours, I finally completed it around 6 pm on 5 dec. What a relief! The end product was not exactly how I wanted, but it would do. The attached photos were taken on 7 Dec, a day after the media preview.