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Community Garden Festival @ Hort Park

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Come and celebrate the joy of gardening at the Community Garden Festival!

The Festival celebrates the passion and skills of Singapore’s gardeners through a myriad of fun-filled activities including a marketplace, design competitions and garden displays. Look out for the upcoming Community Garden Festival from 3 to 5 November 2017 and join in celebrating the wonders of edible gardening at HortPark!

Festival Highlights

Edibles Themed Displays

Stunning displays created from edibles will welcome visitors to HortPark, starting from the Visitors’ Services Centre. Look out for the edibles-themed landscape displays by award-winning local and international designers and recreate some of these ideas in your own homes!

Come see the various methods of growing edibles, including espaliers and green walls, together with uncommon edible plant varieties. Shortlisted entries of the Community Garden Edibles Competition will also be laid out in an impressive display of melons, pumpkins, beans and more.

Innovation and Technology

View the wide array of innovative gardening technology such as edible growth kits for mushrooms and leafy greens. Learn about the commercial applications of these technologies or how these can be incorporated into the home for novel gardening projects.

Community in Bloom Garden Displays

Soak up the vibrant community spirit as you visit the Community in Bloom garden displays, each with distinct themes, set up and designed by gardeners from across Singapore.

MarketPlace

Grab a steal with plants and gardening products offered at over 40 booths, set up by community gardeners, hobbyists, social enterprises, local start-ups, artisans, and commercial growers!

Don’t miss the chance to take home uncommon edible and ornamental plant varieties sold by NParks’ Pasir Panjang Nursery at the MarketPlace. Explore the range of innovation and technology products such as growing kits and lights to aid you in becoming a master grower at home or at work!

Grab some refreshments after your tour at the festival, and look out for local favourites and artisanal drinks.

Designing Competition

"Designing with Edibles" Competition

Unleash your creativity in the “Designing with Edibles” competition by designing a hand bouquet using edible plants, or creating a table centrepiece from edibles!

The competition is open to both professional and amateurs of all nationalities.

Click here for registration details. Registration closes 20 October 2017.

Shortlisted participants will be invited to compete live at the Community Garden Festival on 3 November 2017.

The “Designing with Edibles” competition is jointly organised by NParks and Floral Designers Society (Singapore).

Guided Tours

Tour of the Community Garden Festival - 3, 4 & 5 Nov, 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, 4 pm, 5 pm
Pasir Panjang Nursery Tour - 4 & 5 Nov, 8 am, 9 am
The Edibles Trail - 3, 4 & 5 Nov, 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, 4 pm

Click here for more details on the guided tours.

Talks & Demonstrations

Don't have green fingers? Fret not! Attend the talks on edible and ornamental plants by gardening experts to pick up a tip or two, then tantalise your taste buds with garden-to-table cooking demostrations conducted by renowned chefs.

Talks

3 November, Friday

9 am – 10 am: How To Care For Your Gesneriads, Fruit Room
10 am – 11 am: Growing Heliconia, Fruit Room
10 am – 11 am: Growing Orchids for Pleasure, Multi-Purpose Hall

4 November, Saturday

Time to be confirmed: Grow High Nutrition Microgreens Using Indoor Technology, Multi-Purpose Hall
Time to be confirmed: Basics of Organic Farming, Multi-Purpose Hall
10 am – 11 am: Community Gardening, Fruit Room
11 am – 12 pm: Pollinators of our City in a Garden, Fruit Room
3 pm – 4 pm: Mimic, Multi-Purpose Hall
4 pm – 5 pm: Chef McDonald Eng and Fresh Garden Spring Roll with Spicy Lemon Dip, Multi-Purpose Hall

5 November, Sunday

10 am – 11 am: Growing Your Own Nutrition, Multi-Purpose Hall
11 am – 12 pm: Truffles – A New Home Gardening Crop, Multi-Purpose Hall
11 am – 12 pm: Basics of Organic Farming, Multi-Purpose Hall
12 pm – 1 pm: Growing big: Reflections on growing for the Community Garden Festival, Fruit Room
1 pm – 2 pm: The use of Science and Technology in home farming, Multi-Purpose Hall
2 pm – 3 pm: Growing Edibles At Home The Easy Way, Multi-Purpose Hall

Cooking Demonstrations

4 November, Saturday

9 am - 10 am: Pan Seared Grey Mullet, Multi-Purpose Hall
3 pm – 4 pm: Mimic, Multi-Purpose Hall
4 pm – 5 pm: Chef McDonald Eng and Fresh Garden Spring Roll with Spicy Lemon Dip, Multi-Purpose Hall

5 November, Sunday

9 am – 10 am: Home Cooking with Lilian, Multi-Purpose Hall
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm: Leaves , Multi-Purpose Hall
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Botanical Gin, Multi-Purpose Hall

Family Activities

Explore the wonderful world of plants with your child. With storytelling sessions, art & craft workshops, visitors of all ages will be spoilt for choice at the festival!

For additional queries, please contact the HortPark Visitors’ Services Centre at: