Gardening with Wilson

I am surprised when I was told by a NParks staff that she needed my photograph as well as a short paragraph about what I do in Green Culture Singapore which will be published in their Annual Report for the Year 2006/07. I never expected this!

The annual report appeared online on NParks corporate website yesterday. Located at the last page of Chapter 2 of the annual report is my photograph as well as the short quote about what I do…. 

For the full chapter, click on the following link:
http://www.nparks.gov.sg/imgs/pdfs/06/Play%20Makers.pdf

For the full annual report, click the following URL:
http://www.nparks.gov.sg/annual_report.asp

It is indeed a very honoured moment for all members in Green Culture Singapore where our efforts to promote gardening to masses have been acknowledged.  I thank those of you who have supported the forum as well as for all the prayers!

I hope that for those of you who share the same sentiments and vision as I do come forward to join us hands together to promote gardening as a way of life here in Singapore, a City in a Garden, where her citizens are actively involved in creating and maintaining the greenery in this country!

Collected the supplier our first collar pin for the website that featured the new logo designed by Phillip.

Will be giving this collar pin to those members and partners who have contributed to Green Culture Singapore.

They will also be available for sale at the GardenTech 2007 Exhibition at HortPark during early December this year.

Just got myself some yin yang snap bean seeds to try out. Look at the seeds! All of them sport a patch of  black and white. There are black spots in the white regions and white spots in the black regions. Isn’t that interesting and we get a complete Taosim “Tai Ji” symbol on a bean seed!

They look too good to be planted! From the seed packet’s description, this variety is a bush bean, which means it can be grown comfortably in pots. I reckon the actual plant and bean pods will look like any other snap bean plants.

Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Yin Yang’ (description from Suttons Seeds):

“Yin Yang’s delicious pods can be eaten young or left to dry revealing stunning black and white beans which can be cooked in soups and casseroles. They are also extremely ornamental. The French bean, from South America, was introduced to Europe during the Spanish conquest.”