Family Planting with Mr McKenzie's Family!

On the 29th of April, 6 Dover campus RRP members participated in a family planting project in the McKenzies' lovely and spacious compound. The fact that Mr McKenzie is a UWCSEA alumnus and currently a UWCSEA parent certainly helped the family feel connected with the environmental sustainability mission of RRP. Alongside with Mr McKenzie's family and his family friend (including the children!), we successfully planted 6 trees around the compound, after putting in much consideration on the suitability of different trees on the specific locations. It is worth mentioning that all of the trees are grown from seed in the UWCSEA rainforest nursery. 5 out of the 6 trees are indigenous rainforest tree species, except for Flame of the Forest, a naturalised tree species in Singapore, for it has a wonderful aesthetic quality that will complement the garden very well. The trees are as follows: 

1. Hopea odorata (Chengol Pasir)
2. Dimocarpus longan (Longan tree)
3. Mangifera indica (Mango tree)
4. Syzygium cumini (Jamun)
5. Adenanthera povinina (Saga Tree) 
6. Delonix regia (Flame of the Forest)

A huge shout-out to Mr and Mrs McKenzie for being part of the RRP movement and their incredible hospitality. We hope that the trees will make their home all the more pleasant!