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Colours From Our Garden

One of the first things I did when I first moved to Singapore was sign up for woodworking class with the Sustainable Living Lab. I loved it and would travel to then Bottle Tree Park, Sembawang for classes until I broke one of my fingers and had to ta...

Gardening and Beyond!

What have we been up to at The Good Garden? It's been three months since Cultivate Central launched The Good Garden! So I'm taking a moment to take stock and share our upcoming plans. We've been busy. We've cooked six compost heaps, we are slowly g...

Soil husbandry in the city - You can do it too!

Finding good soil from garden centres can be a challenge. If you are living in Singapore you'll find both extremes, expensive, high carbon footprint peat based soil flown in from Europe and America as well as cheaper local or regional sourced potting...

How Permaculture Installations Can Reshape Our Cities & Neighbourhoods

Since digging into permaculture design in 2013, I noticed mundane neglected voids, nooks and corners in my urban setting with a keen eye. You know, empty spaces next to pathways, sidewalks, by culverts, back alleys, roof terraces, behind bus stops, i...

DIY Composting On Your Balcony

Composting on your balcony can be a little tricky without ground soil surface and much space. My balcony composting experience has not always been easy. But I’ve kept at it and today gives me enough to keep my edible garden going. I use what is eas...

Permaculture, Not about Gardening

Photo credit: Mr Teoh, my classmate from the Murujan, PDC 2014. I attended a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) in January 2014. The PDC was organised by Murujan.com and conducted by an experienced and dynamic Permaculture Design consultant and trai...

This used to be a car park!

I remember my first meeting with Mr N. V Subbarow the Education Officer from the Consumers Association Penang (CAP). He helms the Natural Farming Education programme at CAP and I wanted to ask him if he would help me on my first community garden pr...

Does your organisation want to build a community?

Think Green is a community education programme by E&O Berhad set in a community food garden in Straits Green, Seri Tanjung Pinang, Penang. We collaborated with E&O employees, local communities and the Natural Farming team from the Consumers A...