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Wide open space

Walls came down to make this newlywed couple's home look larger than its 807 sq ft space.

Room for natural beauty

A living room overlooking the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve got a modern update worth $15,000, sponsored by Park Mall and Air Division.

Minimal look, maximum work

A minimalist garden may be easy on the eye but can require lots of maintenance.

Roses thorned

I added the wrong type of fertiliser (meant for fruiting) into my pots of roses and the plants started to dry up. How can I save my roses?

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>> PLANTS

Rare 'Olympic torch' plant found in Kedah park A rare tuberous herbaceous plant, believed to be amorphophallus prainii, which resembles an Olympic torch, was found at Bukit Wang recreational park, 32km from here recently.

Pots of gold Singaporeans are stocking up on auspicious plants for Chinese New Year, hoping wealth and luck will blossom.

Saving the rainforest Reforestation in Sabah's Danum Valley has turned thousands of hectares of logged forest into lush greenery, providing shelter to a rich variety of wildlife - and perhaps the answer to climate change.

>> MAD ABOUT GARDENING

	Minimal look, maximum work A minimalist garden may be easy on the eye but can require lots of maintenance.

	Be leaf it or not Plants are smarter than you think. Some can even read your mind.

	It's a jungle in here This maisonette's balcony is completely colonised by plants that had started off as - surprise, surprise - small potted versions.

>> GREEN HAVENS

	Room for natural beauty A living room overlooking the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve got a modern update worth $15,000, sponsored by Park Mall and Air Division.

	Wide open space Walls came down to make this newlywed couple's home look larger than its 807 sq ft space.

	Great escape Get away from the concrete jungle by heading to the new 42km Eastern Coastal Park Connectors Network on your bike.

	Plants are Hort at this park There will be more than 8,000 shrubs in its Car Park Garden - one of 20 themed areas - alone.

>> GREENING OF SINGAPORE

Best Urban Jungle: S'pore Botanic Gardens Many citizens consider the lush 63ha confines of the Botanic Gardens to be one of the very best places for a gentle walk.

$7m project to bring 'spring' to S'pore Six glasshouses here are being used to nurture blooms for Gardens by the Bay project.

Nature lovers fear coral project will cause damage A group of nature lovers say the coral and marine life of Labrador Park is being destroyed by the very structures which a Singapore Polytechnic (SP) team built to save it.

>> GARDENING ADVICE

Bamboo-zled Give lucky bamboo a little sun and fertiliser and it will last indefinitely.

>> GARDEN GALLERY

Scarlet fever You have only a week to catch the bright red flowers of the Illawarra Flame Tree at the Botanic Gardens.

HAPPENINGS

The Gardens' Talk Series: Colours, Forms & Structures in Pollination Biology of Orchids

How are orchids pollinated? What mechanisms are employed by this complex yet ingenious group of flowering plants? Join us on 25 April 2008, Friday, at 4.00pm, at the Gardens Briefing oom of Singapore Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre. Let Dr Yam Tim Wing, our senior researcher who specializes in orchid breeding enlighten you.

All are welcome!

Date: 25 Apr 2008
Time: 4pm
Venue: Gardens Briefing Room (SBG Visitor Centre)

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