The RHS Encounter

I am indeed very honoured to be able to meet the Council Vice-Chairman of the Royal Horticultural Society, Mr Nigel Colborn and his wife, Rosalind Colborn. They are here in town to learn more about the gardening culture in Singapore. 

My sincere thanks to NParks, especially to Dr Leong, Simon and Cheow Kheng, for giving me this opportunity to meet up with Mr and Mrs Colborn so as to also share with them the work I am doing in Singapore.

I would love to have much more time to interact with Mr and Mrs Colborn. Their trip to Mayfair Park was short one. We sat at Mr David Naidu’s cosy and beautiful residence set against a tropical landscape backdrop at Mayfair Park where a short introduction of the Community in Bloom programme was given by Cheow Kheng. I was given the honour to give a short description of Green Culture Singapore too!

Kudos to Mr David Naidu is the poineer in the Community in Bloom initiative! I am honoured to have been able to meet this great man as he is the first person in Singapore to have led a private estate to dress up the road verges in this neighbourhood as a community. His estate, Mayfair Park, has won top awards for the Community in Bloom competitions!

I also particularly love the tropical themed landscape of their residence. A narrow walkway by the side of the house was lined with bamboos and the courtyard boasts a majestic edible banana plant. The tastefully done up garden is the wholly the work of Mrs Naidu and they did not hire a gardener. I thank them for their warm hospitality.

Picture taken with Mr and Mrs David Naidu.

Another picture taken with Mr and Mrs Colborn.

Presentation on the Community in Bloom initiative.

That beautiful banana plant I was talking about – it has an urn beneath its canopy which lights up in the night.