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Community in Bloom’s Partners’ & Volunteers’ Appreciation Night

13 Mar

The Community in Bloom (CIB) successfully organised their Partners’ and Volunteers’ Night yesterday evening at HortPark where I now work. The guest of honour for the event was my CEO, Mr Ng Lang. The CIB initiative was a highly successful one and this could be seen by the number of cheerful participants that made it a point to rush to the event after work on a weekday evening. 

 Mr Ng Lang giving his opening address.

As with all CIB events, I was there to give my support and I was there as a guest also, although I donned the NParks t-shirt. Later in the evening, I had to go up the stage to receive a certificate of appreciation for the work that had been put in in the past year via the collaboration with Green Culture Singapore, the gardening website and discussion forum which I have set up almost 5 years ago.

It was a reunion gathering of sorts and a happy occasion where we get to meet many of our fellow gardening friends in the community while we enjoy the sumptuous meal that was prepared for all of us. I treasure such moments as in today’s society, many of us are so caught up with our work and such a lifestyle makes it difficult for all of us to meet up.

I am glad to be able to be part of it as my team at HortPark helped to prepare some red lady finger seeds with growing instructions that were given out in the goodie bags together with various other CIB collaterals. 

Guests to the CIB event taking down notes and pictures around the perfumery plants showcase.

Earlier in that evening, I was heartened to be able to witness several guests that were invited to the event roaming around the timber deck outside the Lifestyle Corner at HortPark. I saw a couple of them posing for pictures, taking down notes and pictures of the plants that featured in the showcase of perfumery plants that were put up by my team in conjunction with the Garden Treats article that I wrote for the Home Concepts magazine this month. 

I hope the showcase was a useful one and will help to spread the awareness to the public about the use of plants in perfumery. Many of these plants can grow very well in Singapore and they produce very fragrant flowers that can be enjoyed. All one needs is a sunlit location in the home with at least 6 hours of direct sunshine daily and plants are grown in well draining, fertile soil.