I went for the Singapore Garden Festival today. My camera screwed up so I couldn't take good photos. The exhibits were beautiful. And it was the first time that I ever saw a butterwort. I saw sundews, pitchers and flytraps before but the butterwort looks cute. There are flies stuck to its sticky petal shape leaves. I have a weird fetish for carnivorous plants. I used to own 2 Venus flytraps but both died after several months. My current pitcher plant has 2 babies but it seized to develop anymore pitchers. I'm not sure why but that's probably due to the unsuitable "pitcher-developing" environment that my cramped balcony offers.


I liked the school garden exhibitions. There were innovative mini gardens created by students from all over Singapore. There was one made of used paper bags, another made of wood,pulp and some complicated architectural structure, and others made of paper fans, shells, straws, etc ... I find it so exciting and thrilling to view the exhibits.


The top exhibits were those that portrayed more than just physical beauty of the exhibits themselves. They were the ones that expressed outrageous creativity and reflected on the importance of mother nature, life or philosophy. There was one particular exhibit made completely of plants and recycled paper/wood. There was another first prize entry shaped like a giant robot with flowers sticking out ... another called "Birds of Paradise" had 3 birds sticking out of a nest of green.


The larger displays were situated on the top floor of the convention centre. These were the works of renowned artists, florists and interior designers. I especially liked the circular water gardens, hedged fence of flowers and the Beijing Olympic designs. There were more sculptures that I was very impressed with but I can't remember their names ... There was also a small eatery and a bookshop selling books about gardening and the types of plants around the globe.


I have to do work soon ... hence I shall upload 2 pictures ... hopefully the quality of the pictures won't be that bad.


If you take it for granted that others know how much you appreciate them, they will probably think you take them for granted. Put thanks and appreciation into words and actions.