Flowers of Scotland

One great thing about cooler temperature country is the variety of colorful flowers. In Scotland, there are beautiful wild flowers everywhere. And then there are the planted flowers in gardens and homes. We couldn’t get enough of the flowers and visited 2 Botanic Garden – 1 in Glasgow and 1 in Edinburgh. Here are just…

Singapore Garden Festival 2014

I have been going to the Singapore Garden Festival for the past few years. Usually it is held indoor at Suntec City but this year they decided to have it at Garden by the Bay South which was pretty cool or so I thought. I first went on a Tuesday with a group. It rained…

Tiger Orchid

Mother Nature seems to be having fun with Singapore the past months. First there was this flower bloom all over. Then came the Tropical Swallowtail moth. And now there is this Tiger Orchid blooming all over Singapore. I first heard about the blooming in the papers. Before that I swear I never even seen a…

Gardens by the Bay

Finally I managed to drop in both the Conservatories at Garden by the Bay. I have bee to the Flower Dome previously but not the Cloud Forest. These are the highlights of the Garden by the Bay in addition to the Supertrees. Since it was the last day of the Tulip flower shows, I decided…

Bougainvillea

The hot and alternate wet weather has triggered a beautiful flower bloom all over Singapore and one of the most spectacular display is at the Bougainvillea Garden at East Coast Park. I didn’t even know they come in so many colors and on a same plant too!

Starfish Cactus

My neighbour has a really awesome green finger. He has a few potted plants outside his flats and most of them are blooming amazingly well. His pitcher plant is always blooming. And recently his star flower cactus came out with a flower. I did a double take when I saw the flower the first time…

Tree Top Walk at MacRitchie Reservoir

I goes to MacRitchie Reservoir so often sometimes I forget that there is more than the running trails there. Like the tree top walk which I have been up only once. So when the Princess wanted to go there over the weekend, we gladly went. To get to the treetop walk, the nearest carpark is…

Garden by the Bay South – Supertree Grove

After a few runs in the newly opened Garden by the Bay South with nothing to remember the expensive but beautiful trees, finally went back on a non-running day to take some pictures.  Due to time constraint, we went straight to the Supertree Grove. The artificial trees with all the lights remind me of the…

Singapore Garden Festival 2012

Another year of Garden Festival. This time round we focus more on the various garden displays and exhibits unlike the previous years when I was more intend on admiring the orchids at the Orchid Show, a side event of the festival. Some of the entries These few were designed and set up by school childrens…

Uniquely Bali – Flowers

Balinese are very religious. Everywhere, there are temples, shrines and unique little trays of flower offering. These cute little flower trays called canangsari (I hope I got that right) are placed as offering to the spirits and for blessing. Hence they can be found everywhere. Stack of canangsari for sale A vendor at the market…