HortPark’s Fruit Room was filled to its brim last Saturday! More than 100 gardening enthusiasts attended the talk on ‘D.I.Y Vertical Wall’ by Mr Albert Quek. The talk was jointly organized by the division which I belong to, Hort Excellence, as well as, Community in Bloom, HortPark and my gardening website, Green Culture Singapore.
Mr. Albert Quek sharing his experience on D.I.Y vertical gardening to the audience.
In conjunction with the talk, a showcase of four different types and systems of vertical gardens was specially put up at the Lifestyle Corner. Participants of the talk were invited to a guided tour of the Lifestyle Corner with a special briefing on the vertical gardens on display. Due to the overwhelming response, my colleague, Jin Hong, had to divide the crowd into two groups and as a result, the guided tour of the Lifestyle Corner had to be done twice!
Guided tour of the indoor vertical wall showcase outside the Lifestyle Corner.
The four different types of vertical gardens showcased in HortPark’s Lifestyle Corner shown below are the D.I.Y. green wall by Albert Quek (top left), the MiniGarden available from Far East Flora (top right), a living portrait sponsored by Consis Engineering Pte. Ltd. (bottom left) and a replica of my own vertical garden that has been featured on the Straits Times Life! section some weeks back (bottom right).
The different types of vertical garden that can be set up at home.
A vertical garden is a solution for a plant-lover with limited growing space at home. Plants grown up on a wall will help to decorate a boring plain wall. Vertical gardens can also be set up outdoors where they will both decorate the exterior facade, as well as, help to cool buildings down via a similar way to what green roofs do.
D.I.Y vertical wall created by Mr. Albert Quek.
The speaker, Mr Albert Quek, is the first runner-up of the balcony gardens category in the recent Community in Bloom Awards competition. His innovation has been highlighted several times in Straits Times Life! Many thanks to Community in Bloom for helping to connect us up so that Albert’s innovative creation can be showcased to the visitors of HortPark.
