Singapore: Residents grow their own greens with Jurong’s first allotment garden at rooftop of HDB carpark
Another four pilot allotment gardens in Woodlands and Sembawang will be completed in 2024 under HDB’s Green Towns Programme (GTP).
Grace Leong
Senior Business Correspondent
Straits Times
June 26, 2022
Excerpt:
Residents have recently started growing their own greens at an allotment garden on the rooftop of an HDB multi-storey carpark in Jurong, a pilot that is part of the Housing Board’s latest initiative to provide more green spaces for residents, and to help with Singapore’s push towards food resilience.
Comprising 89 gardening plots that are managed by 81 households, Boon Lay Secondary School and pre-school My First Skool, the rooftop garden at Block 673 Jurong West Street 65 is also a space to help promote interaction among neighbours.
Residents are free to plant herbs, vegetables, or any other ornamental plants in their plot. Down the line, some of these urban farmers will share their harvests with their neighbours.
Jurong resident David Yu, 40, said: “Our kampung spirit extends beyond this allotment garden.
“Neighbours are now helping one another with daily tasks, and what used to be just simple ‘hellos and goodbyes’ have now become meaningful conversations, discussing ways to help neighbours in need and sharing ideas to better improve the community.”
