Happy National Day everyone! Today is Singapore’s 43rd birthday and the Root Awakening column makes its debut in the latest, revamped format of Straits Times Life!.
This week, answers to three gardening questions were published. Topics covered were how to get rid of moss that grows on the surface of flower pots, how to effectively keep caterpillars off a jasmine bush as well as how to attract bees to fruit trees in one’s garden.
Also featured as a short story was Far East Flora’s winning design in the Fantasy Garden category in this year’s Singapore Garden Festival.

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