The centre of the Floral Garden is made up of a dry garden and rock gardens, surrounded by five community plots.
COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP
As part of efforts to foster community stewardship, NParks engaged community stakeholders to co-design the community plots within the Floral Garden.
NParks said it has worked with JTC to develop the design concept and partner students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and ITE College East, as well as Friends of Jurong Lake Gardens.
On Sunday, more than 150 residents, grassroots leaders, students from Institutes of Higher Learning, volunteers from Friends of Jurong Lake Gardens and Nature Kakis Network, as well as donors participated in the ongoing enhancement of the Japanese Garden.
They planted trees and shrubs on site with advisers from Jurong GRC, West Coast GRC, Yuhua SMC and Bukit Batok SMC.
This included Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration Mr Desmond Lee, and Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations Ms Grace Fu.
The community tree planting event was supported by a S$21,000 donation from Mr Han Jok Kwang towards the Plant-A-Tree Programme under the Garden City Fund. Mr Han is a member of the Garden City Fund Management Committee.
