Searching Across The World For Trees For Singapore's Gardens By The Bay | ROOTS: A Greening Journey

Development is underway for the new Bay East Garden, part of Gardens by the Bay. Slated for completion in 2027, it will be home to the Founders’ Memorial – a gallery that will honour the values of Singapore’s first Prime Minister, the late Lee Kuan Yew, as well as other pioneers and leaders who were part of the country’s journey to nationhood.

A team of horticulturists from Gardens by the Bay went on an expedition to Latin America. Here, they selected over 30 species of plants for this new garden, searching for interesting trees that look beautiful and can weather the changing climate. Over 700 plants will travel to Singapore, and will grace gardens for the future generations of Singaporeans to enjoy.

00:00 Introduction
01:46 Taking care of 1.5 million trees in Gardens By The Bay
03:57 Singapore's specially-curated trees come from... Latin America?
08:38 From Singapore as a "Garden City" to a "City In Nature"
14:07 Sourcing trees all the way from Costa Rica
20:44 Sharing conservation tips from around the world
24:13 The last of Singapore's rubber tree plantations
26:53 Tackling the spread of invasive species
30:57 Bringing home climate-resistant trees
37:24 History of Singapore's public gardens
41:49 Chosen trees take a 2-month sea journey to their new home

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[sbaumgartner]

As if Singapore could get even more beautiful. I think it's the most spectacular modern city in the world. No one does it better.

[arcencielc]

I am looking forward excitedly to the "sakura" trees from South America. Please take inspiration from Japan about how they plant their sakura trees. I dream of doing hanami in Singapore. Thank you to all the people working in the past as well as those in the present time to make Singapore a garden city.

[SCPtp]

As much as this is a nice initiative, I wish we would look more towards native species from the region (SG/MY/ID) in order to preserve local fauna which depend on them for survival.

[Fledermausmann]

While Costa Rica is a lovely place and South America is absolutely fascinating, why aren't we planting native trees in Singapore? We're home to dozens of species of Diptocarps, which used to make up our rainforest. They're all threatened or otherwise in danger since less than 2% of our rainforest remains. Why not create a mini secondary rainforest as a garden? As much as I want to support this initiative and as much as I admire the work done by these people, why introduce non-native species to Singapore when we could try to work with the abundant biodiversity we have here in Singapore?

[gavint]

to NParks: can we have the Jacaranda mimosifolia trees in Singapore? It's one of the most common trees in Argentina's capital city, Buenos Aires. It gives such a beautiful blue/purple/violet colors flowers that we seldom see in Singapore.

[wiandryadiwasistio]

why not borneo or sumatra? there are plants that suits better for soils and climate of maritime southeast asia than continental south america

[MrBoliao]

Our lipstick palm, don't look very healthy in Costa Rica, maybe too cold for the palm. Need tons of sunlight and a moderate temperature, cloud forest don't seem conducive.

[jongesiff]

"Biodiversity is constantly threatened by climate change" 😂😅🤣. Replace climate change with the word Humans

[lastChang]

The Mandarin-speaking population in Singapore 🇸🇬 is a *big problem* for Singaporean national security when they
- connect with the authoritarian expansionist regime in China and
- subscribe to their version of world views.