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214:- The Nature Keeper Programme is the first programme for primary school students which focuses on our local forests and its floral and faunal inhabitants. Designed to stimulate the interest of the young and inculcate in them an appreciation of our forests, the programme brings students through a series of theoretical and field workshops on eight topics that will be carried out over two years. It will be carried out at the Bukit Timah and Central Catchment Nature Reserves. The programme also aims to nurture young volunteers in protecting our natural heritage in the longer term. 53: 20: 1672: 1682: 235:
and the Institute of Public Character (IPC) to raise $ 250,000 to help conserve native orchids. Donations to this fund are used to propagate and reintroduce our rare and endangered orchid species back into the roads, parks and nature areas. The Plant a Tree programme was conceptualised by the Garden
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to provide a wide variety of suitable food sources as well as shelter and nesting areas for native birds. When established, the additional planting of suitable tree species will eventually provide an opportunity for visitors to learn and appreciate the diverse collection of birds and trees. This
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has donated $ 1 million to the Garden City Fund to set up an arboretum - a living gallery of giant tree species - for education and research, and to fund green educational programmes to benefit the community. This is part of efforts to enhance biodiversity within urban
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City Fund, in partnership with the Singapore Environment Council, to provide an avenue for individuals and organisations to do their part for nature through planting of trees at designated parks and nature reserves.
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Programme - Encouraging the community to cultivate on common green areas to create gardens for all to enjoy.
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As in any tropical rainforest Singapore is home to a number of very large trees from the families
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species. In the forest understorey is found a number of common houseplants such as
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there's a problem - seeds won't germinate, and the reason for this is not known.
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and others. A number of these thrive reasonably, but for the large
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Founding of modern Singapore and early colonial period (1819–1826)
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Index


Singapore
flora
national flower
hybrid
orchid
Vanda Miss Joaquim

Apocynaceae
Dipterocarpaceae
Fabaceae
Malvaceae
Shorea gratissima
palm
Epipremnum aureum
Monstera
Dieffenbachia
epiphytes
ferns
Asplenium
orchids
Dendrobium crumenatum
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Gardens by the Bay
Singapore Garden Festival
Singapore Green Plan 2012
Southern Ridges
Sembcorp Industries
Garden City Fund

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