On Thursday, 14th of March, we planted rainforest and fruit
trees from our nursery in the yards of several residents in Woodleigh as part
of our tree adoption program. This project follows the recent community
outreach we introduced at the Earthfest event early this year at the Marina
Barrage. The residents very kindly offered their support to take care of the
species that we had nurtured.
We had
planted a great variety of trees, which include:
Edible Fruit
Trees:
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Rambutan
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Moringa
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Angsana
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Longan
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Mango
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Mangosteen
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Triphasia
trifolia
Endangered
Rainforest Trees:
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Hopea helferi
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Hopea odorata
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Diospyros oblonga
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Cynometra
cauliflora
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Shorea sumatrana
Local Common
Trees:
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Peltophorum
pterocarpum (Yellow flame)
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Syzygium grande
On the day, we met up with Dover with the trees between us and headed off to 7 properties. For 2 hours, we loosened
soil, hacked away at roots, and after mulching the area plentifully to support the root development of the trees, we carefully transplanted our trees into the earth. It was refreshing to work alongside passionate members and residents, content that the saplings are now in their new, permanent home. As we waved goodbye to
smiling, grateful families, we could feel the warmth of accomplishment beneath
our fresh layer of mud.
The event was an excellent immersive learning experience for
many of the new members in the Rainforest Restoration Project. The
collaboration with the students from the Dover campus was an exciting activity
for all of us. We would like to thank all of the generous residents of the
estates that we planted in. We hope to work even more with others in the future.
By Jia Cheng Shen, Ran McClean, Ethan Lim
On Friday, 22nd February, students from ACS came for a visit. Members of Rainforest Restoration Project showed them around the nursery and let them play the tree ID games. It was a bit challenging, but they were all very enthusiastic!
