Gardening with Wilson

I was at Raffles Building today afternoon where I attended a briefing conducted by my fellow Community in Bloom friends to know more about the upcoming Clean and Green Singapore event which will be held at Bishan Park on 3 and 4 Nov 07. Do come to support!

When I went up to the CIB team’s office, I saw some clothes peg that my friends used to hang their lanyards and caps. They are all hand-made and I find them very personal. You can make something similar to be given as a personal gifts to friends and they also serve as good handicrafts for young children! I was told by Shirley that these were creations made by their colleagues from another department in NParks.

These innovate, multi-purpose hangers can be made by taking those wooden pegs and then decorating them with plant seeds, dried fruit capsules and nuts glued onto them.

For example, one can glue a pair of eyes on to a dried Casuarina fruit capsule (far left) or use a water-resistant marker to draw the spots, eyes and wings of a ladybird onto a Saga seed (Adenanthera pavonina). Now, that’s a new and alternative gift idea for guys who wants to give something different to their female friends! Chuck out that jar of Saga seeds – that’s so passe!