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• Jacob Ballas Childrens Garden doubles in size to become largest childrens garden in Asia

  09 Nov 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) today opened the Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden extension at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

• Asia's only hybrid greenery and landscape design event back for 3rd edition, reaches out to expanded community groups and consumer hobbyists

  08 Nov 2017

  GreenUrbanScape Asia (GUSA), the region’s only platform unifying both greenery and landscape design communities, returns for its third edition today at the Singapore EXPO and MAX Atria. Themed “Symbiosis: INTENSE Nature Within Cities”, this year’s event was officiated by Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for National Development, Mr Desmond Lee.

• Record number of 177 submissions received for Skyrise Greenery Awards 2017

  07 Nov 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) received a record number of 177 submissions for the Skyrise Greenery Awards (SGA) in 2017, 40% more than the 123 submissions received in 2015.

• Embracing environmentally-friendly habits is essential for building an active and gracious community

  03 Nov 2017

  Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam launched the Clean & Green Singapore (CGS) Carnival at the Central Singapore District today. The Carnival is located at the open field next to Boon Keng MRT station Exit C and will last the entire weekend.

• New National Masterplan to Encourage More to Garden

  02 Nov 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) today announced a new national gardening masterplan for Singapore which centres on promoting edible gardening. The masterplan will be implemented through both ongoing and new initiatives such as training, the expansion of the allotment gardening scheme, as well as outreach efforts like the Community Garden Festival.

• Larger Community Garden Festival returns to HortPark

  01 Nov 2017

  The Community Garden Festival returns to HortPark tomorrow in its largest edition with a wider variety of activities and gardening displays. Organised by the National Parks Board (NParks), the Festival is centred on the theme of edibles for the first time, and will feature a stunning showcase from 3 to 5 November 2017 in a display area double that of 2015.

• Admiralty Park opens with largest collection of slides in Singapore

  27 Oct 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) opened Admiralty Park today after two years of re-development.

• Fun-filled activities for children of all ages at the first Singapore Botanic Gardens Children’s Festival

  26 Oct 2017

  Families with children can look forward to the first Singapore Botanic Gardens Children's Festival held over two fun-filled weeks from 11 to 26 November 2017.

• NParks awarded 2017 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation

  24 Oct 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) was today named the laureate of the 2017 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.

• New Community Garden Trails open

  23 Oct 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) today unveiled two new trails of Community in Bloom (CIB) gardens in Bukit Gombak-Hong Kah North and Teck Ghee, bringing the total number of community garden trails to five.