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Download PDF ( 6542KB ) About hen the Singapore entity. With the re-alignment, the Botanic Gardens core concept used in master­ celebrated its 130th planning the Gardens is better W anniversary in 1989, it realised. The Central Core unveiled an ambitious Master-plan incorporates the expunged portion for the re-development of the of Cluny Road and provides the Gardens to move it to the forefront main vehicular entrance to the Gardens at the new Gateway. An electrical substation adjacent to the Gateway was completed under Phase I. It serves the needs of the entire vicinity, and has been designed to blend into a neighbourhood of high class bungalows. Motorists drive past a lovely residential home that is but a facade for equipment which lights up the area. Other completed infrastructural developments include a Plant Resource Centre at the Bukit Tirnah as a leading institution in tropical Core. This major support facility is a botany and horticulture. A holding nursery for the propagation substantial sum was granted by the and conditioning of introduced Government to set the plan in plants as well as a centre for plant motion. With Phase I of the re­ records and practical horticultural development near completion, it is training. Water for the Plant time to take stock of what has been Resource Centre is provided by a achieved, so that planning for the lake which has been developed as next phase can dovetail with the the focal point for a garden with a work in the first phase. In the theme of "Plants for the use of Man." parlance of our bureaucrats, we When completed, the Bukit Tirnah must now "optimise the gains and Core will accommodate some of the capitalise upon the potential." requirements of a new generation botanic garden with emphasis on The most significant physical education and recreation. The change to the Gardens is in the re­ landscape will take a number of alignment of Cluny Road which years to mature, but the rolling previously transected the Gardens, terrain with its people friendly lay­ dividing it into two parcels. Cluny out is fast becoming an important Road now continues northward as area for group exercise and for Evans Road, while the portion of leisurely strolling and jogging. Cluny linked to Gallup Road has been re-named Cluny Park Road. Two historic buildings in the The Gardens can now be accessed Gardens have been restored. The former Garden Director's House, named Burkill Hall, is now an new headquarters of the re­ put to better use, and the important reception and function constituted National Parks Board. programme to upgrade night lighting space in the new National Orchid The many advantages for such a is critical to achieving this objective. Garden. The latter amenity had move were covered in the previous The first phase for night lighting in already achieved an international message. the Gardens is near completion. The reputation as one of the finest basic safety and functional lights are display gardens featuring orchids in To dovetail with Phase I of the in, and decorative lighting to the tropics. Fronted by the Orchid Gardens' development programme, highlight the vegetation will follow. Plaza with its shady grove of trees NParks will be proposing a Phase II Consultation is currently on-going to and a leafy fountain, the Orchid development programme that create a night-scape in the Gardens Garden has welcomed well over a should complete much needed that will convert the Gardens into a million visitors since it opened its infrastructural upgrading and create new venue for the recreation of the doors in October 1996. new gardens featuring different Singapore coummunity after the sun plant groups that deserve sets. Visitors may linger to take The other restored building, highlighting in a tropical setting. advantage of the cooler named EJH Comer House after its Some of the proposed developments environment, and to enjoy the former illustrious occupant, is a gem are outlined below. displays that will assume a totally of a classical British Colonial different character under light. New bungalow that was originally built to The successfully completed benches, shelters and food and house the Assistant Curator of the Shaw Foundation Symphony beverage outlets will add to their Gardens. Its proposed function is Performance Shell on an island in enjoyment. that of a restaurant in the Central Symphony Lake has become an Core near the Gateway to the important venue for musical Each generation of visitors Gardens. performances in the Gardens. The enters the Gardens with different regular appearances of the needs and expectations. The Come 1998, the Gateway at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Gardens' administration has to stay Central Core will open its doors to during its outdoor performance nimble in catering to new demands visitors to the Gardens. A spreading season has made the Symphony while maintaining the integrity and raintree standing amidst a grove of Lake a cynosure of attention. Aside mission of the institution. The Sealing Wax palms defines this form being an important landscape ambience of the Gardens has taken central Gateway to the Gardens. feature, it is the source of water for more than a century to achieve. Coach and car parking will be the National Orchid Garden. Plans Improvements must be made with a provided. The entrance building now call for it to be re-contoured to minimum of discordance in the with its sweeping roofs of wooden improve its capacity and to soften process. This necessitates a shingle and timber posts conveys a its current hard edge. An on-going balancing act in toeing the fine line regional tone which is at once project is the Orchid Cool House. between expedience and disruption. distinctive and intimate. This Upon completion, the cool house In implementing Phase IT of the re­ building will be fully devoted to will extend the range of orchid development of the Gardens, the visitor services, amenities and species that can be displayed in the staff will be tasked to toil under the orientaton. A clock tower, cast in National Orchid Garden. constraints in order to prepare the metal to reflect the Sealing Wax Singapore Botanic Gardens to enter palm motif of the Gardens' logo, will Evening is a most important the next millennium as an equatorial show the time at four major cities in time of day for recreation in botanic garden par excellence. four different time zones. Fountains Singapore. As the heat of the day in a plaza of African oil palms recedes, people are also freed from complete the tropical decor. The the confines of their daily work Gateway annexe adjacent to the spaces to be with their families. This entrance building will house the is the time when the Gardens can be colour or group them under lights in expanded clay, charcoal, white stones any part of yom house to brighten or small granite chips at the bottom of the dark corner. These are the the container. In most cases it is a traditional ways of displaying African good idea to landscaspe the base into violets indoor. There are also many hills and valleys. Then add planting other possibilities for arranging mix (i.e. porous and sterilized ready African violets to suit your personal mix for African violets) to 113 of the taste and ingenuity. You can use height of the container. Do not them effectively in terraria, in incorporate wood that will rot and hanging baskets, in decorative which may harbom pests. Firm the containers or simply cheerful planting medium and wet it a little. accents on coffee tables, in entry Now arrange African violets with other halls or on well-lighted counters­ house plants before planting them in just to mention a few possibilities. the container. After all the plants have For effective mass displays, try been planted in the container, firm the grouping several pots of blooming planting medium arow1d the roots and African violets in large, shallow wipe the glass clean. Yom fish tank containers such as metal bowls, or garden is now finished and is ready for for aesthetic appreciation, grow a watering. Use very little water -just few African violets in hanging enough to moisten the smface. baskets or suspended pots. Provide good light but keep well away from clixect swilight. Below are some ideas for displaying these beautiful and (2) Hanging African violets interesting house plants: There are some African violets that have a trailing growth habit. Ways to enioy These are tailor-made for showing off in hanging pots or baskets. But even if you do not have one of the and display trailing types, a large multiple­ crowned plant of any of the common varieties can put on a spectacular African Violets show when suspended at eye level. frican violets also known (1) Terraria/Glass containers/ Hanging African violets can be grown in a wide assortment of as Saintpaulias are among Bottle gardens the most well-known containers. To avoid dripping water, house plants in the world. choose either a hanging pot that has A One advantage of growing a built-in drip tray or put the pot of Plants are attractive and grow in a variety of sizes and shapes, from African violets in glass containers is plant inside a large, water-proof miniatures of a few inches high to that humidity is increased. Water container. To make watering and trailing forms that drape from pots. vapom from the plants condense on misting an easier task, place the The flowers of African violets are the inside surface of the glass, display at eye level. If there is no most appealing. Coloms range from creating a humid, mini-envirorunent, more room on the window sill for single shades of white, red, pink, so watering is seldom required.
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